# inpatient

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #23,569

## Definitions
1. A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.

## Etymology
From in- (“internal”) + patient.

## Easily confused with
- **impatient** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impatient-vs-inpatient)

## Common misspellings (13)
`inaptient`, `innpatient`, `inpaitent`, `inpateint`, `inpatiennt`, `inpatientt`, `inpatietn`, `inpatinet`, `inpattient`, `inppatient`, `inptaient`, `ipnatient`, `nipatient`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/inpatient