Patriarch
[patʁiˈaʁç]
The verdict
“Patriarch” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,699. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,699
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Titel für einen obersten Geistlichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-patriarch · Patriarch · German
Patriarch · rank #32,699 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,699
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH paint
Nearest frequency peer: paint (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Patriarch“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- olive
olive
67,305 corpus weight
- Osmanen
Osmanen
67,304 corpus weight
- paint
paint
67,303 corpus weight
- Patriarch
Patriarch
67,302 corpus weight
- Pauken
Pauken
67,301 corpus weight
- Personalabt…
Personalabteilung
67,299 corpus weight
What this shows „Patriarch“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patriarch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [patʁiˈaʁç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,699 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Patriarch“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Patriarch (IPA [patʁiˈaʁç]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,699 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Patriarch, with forms such as "aptriarch", "partiarch", and "patirarch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Patriarchat", "Patriarchen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Patriarch, spelled P-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-H.
Definition
- 1Titel für einen obersten Geistlichen
- 2Oberhaupt einer Großfamilie/eines Familienverbands
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Patriarch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Patriarch hob bei der Messfeier, die Bedeutung des ökumenischen und des interreligiösen Dialogs hervor.
„Streitfragen handeln die Patriarchen untereinander aus.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aptriarch
- partiarch
- patirarch
- patrairch
- patriacrh
- patriarcch
- patriarchh
- patriarhc
- patriarrch
- patrirach
- patrriarch
- pattriarch
- ppatriarch
- ptariarch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Patriarch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Patriarch", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).