Patronat
[patʁoˈnaːt]
The verdict
“Patronat” is an uncommon German word, ranked #69,576 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,576
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Würde und Amt des Schutzherrs (Patrons)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patronat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [patʁoˈnaːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Patronat” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Patronat is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [patʁoˈnaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,576 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Patronat has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Patronat, spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-A-T.
Definition
- 1Würde und Amt des Schutzherrs (Patrons)
- 2Amt und Funktion des Schirmherrn/der Schirmherrin
- 3rechtliche Stellung eines Kirchenstifters
- 4Schutz, den ein Heiliger für eine Gruppe von Menschen ausspricht (die oft eine gemeinsame Tätigkeit ausüben)
- 5Gesamtheit der Arbeitgeberinnen und Arbeitgeber
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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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Using “Patronat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-T-R-O-N-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [patʁoˈnaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.