padrone
noun
padrone is spelled P-A-D-R-O-N-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, padrone means “A patron; a protector” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of padrone is padrones or padroni.
How many letters and syllables are in padrone?
| Letters | 7: P-A-D-R-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is padrone?
Padrone appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with padrone?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as padrone.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: operand, aproned.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of padrone
- padrones plural
- padroni plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does padrone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A patron; a protector.
- 2
A landlord; the master of a large estate.
- 3
The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
- 4
A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Greek or Italian labourers, street musicians, child beggars, etc.
- 5
A mafia boss.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does padrone come from?
From Italian padrone, from Latin patronus. Doublet of patron, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).