Patriot

/[patʁiˈoːt]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,652

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Patriot is aGermannoun. It means: eine Person, welche ihr Heimatland liebt Pronounced [patʁiˈoːt]. Often confused with patron and patriots.

Key facts for Patriot
PropertyValue
HeadwordPatriot
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[patʁiˈoːt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,652
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Patriot in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Patriot is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [patʁiˈoːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,652 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Person, welche ihr Heimatland liebt".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Patriot, with forms such as "aptriot", "partiot", and "patirot". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "patron", "patriots", "Patrioten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Patriot, spelled P-A-T-R-I-O-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Person, welche ihr Heimatland liebt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aptriot,partiot,patirot,patriott,patrito,patroit,patrriot,pattriot,ppatriot,ptariot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Patriot

Misspelling Variants of "Patriot"

aptriot7partiot7patirot7patriott8patrito7patroit7patrriot8pattriot8
Misspelling Variants of "Patriot"

Frequency rank: #18,652 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Patriot"?
"Patriot" is spelled P-A-T-R-I-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [patʁiˈoːt].
What does "Patriot" mean?
As a noun, "Patriot" means: eine Person, welche ihr Heimatland liebt
What words are commonly confused with "Patriot"?
"Patriot" is commonly confused with "patron", "patriots", "Patrioten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Patriot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Patriot" is [patʁiˈoːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Patriot" come from?
"Patriot" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.