patt

/[pat]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,502

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

patt is anGermanadj. It means: Im Schachspiel: nicht im Schach zu stehen, jedoch keinen regelgerechten Zug mehr ausführen können, ohne in ein Schach zu geraten; die Partie wird dann als unentschieden gewertet Pronounced [pat]. Often confused with Pt and pay.

Key facts for patt
PropertyValue
Headwordpatt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pat]
Letters4
Frequency rank#45,502
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for patt is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pat]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,502 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for patt, with forms such as "aptt", "pat", and "ppatt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pt", "pay", "put", 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 patt, spelled P-A-T-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Im Schachspiel: nicht im Schach zu stehen, jedoch keinen regelgerechten Zug mehr ausführen können, ohne in ein Schach zu geraten; die Partie wird dann als unentschieden gewertet
  2. 2
    im übertragenen Sinn: Zustand, in dem man sich nicht bewegen kann; umgangssprachlich [anders als im Schach] oft von zwei Antagonisten gebraucht, die beide einander (in einem "Clinch") völlig blockieren.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aptt,pat,ppatt,ptat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for patt

Misspelling Variants of "patt"

aptt4pat3ppatt5ptat4
Misspelling Variants of "patt"

Frequency rank: #45,502 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patt"?
"patt" is spelled P-A-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pat].
What does "patt" mean?
As an adj, "patt" means: Im Schachspiel: nicht im Schach zu stehen, jedoch keinen regelgerechten Zug mehr ausführen können, ohne in ein Schach zu geraten; die Partie wird dann als unentschieden gewertet
What words are commonly confused with "patt"?
"patt" is commonly confused with "Pt", "pay", "put". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patt" is [pat]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patt" come from?
"patt" 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.