pathe
/ˈpeɪð/
"pathe" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pathe” is uncommon English (frequency #77,074 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,074
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Misspelling of pave.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pathe · pathe · English
pathe · rank #77,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,074
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH peavy
Nearest frequency peer: peavy (+3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “pathe”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- parroting
parroting
22,932 corpus weight
- parsimonious
parsimonious
22,931 corpus weight
- pathe
pathe
22,927 corpus weight
- peavy
peavy
22,924 corpus weight
- penman
penman
22,923 corpus weight
- perchlorate
perchlorate
22,922 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pathe” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pathe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈpeɪð/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pathe” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pathe is uncommon English at frequency #77,074 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈpeɪð/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Misspelling of pave.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pathe, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is pathe, spelled P-A-T-H-E.
Definition
- 1Misspelling of pave.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).