Patsche
[ˈpat͡ʃə]
The verdict
“Patsche” is an uncommon German word, ranked #81,967 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #81,967
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hand
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patsche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpat͡ʃə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Patsche” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Patsche is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpat͡ʃə]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,967 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.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Patsche, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Patsche, spelled P-A-T-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Hand
- 2schlammiger Dreck, Morast
- 3Feuerpatsche, Gerät zur Bekämpfung von Bränden
- 4Schlamassel, unangenehme Situation
- 5Gerät zum Schlagen
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 “Patsche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-T-S-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpat͡ʃə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.