Patil
/pəˈtɪl/
"patil" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Patil” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,102. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,102
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Marathi or Kannada, meaning “village head”.
Corpus desk
Index EN-patil · Patil · English
Patil · rank #46,102 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,102
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Passaic
Nearest frequency peer: Passaic (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Patil”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- overwork
overwork
53,903 corpus weight
- paintbrush
paintbrush
53,901 corpus weight
- Passaic
Passaic
53,900 corpus weight
- Patil
Patil
53,899 corpus weight
- pestering
pestering
53,896 corpus weight
- Pilkington
Pilkington
53,895 corpus weight
What this shows “Patil” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patil |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /pəˈtɪl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #46,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Patil”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Patil (IPA /pəˈtɪl/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,102 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Marathi or Kannada, meaning “village head”.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Patil, with forms such as "aptil", "paitl", and "patill". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Pil", "Paul", "Phil", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Marathi पाटील (pāṭīl, “village head”) or through Kannada ಪಾಟೀಲ (pāṭīla, “village head”), from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘘𑘺𑘩 (paṭaila), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (paṭṭaïlla), from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila). Doublet of Patel. The correct English form is Patil, spelled P-A-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1A surname from Marathi or Kannada, meaning “village head”.
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi पाटील (pāṭīl, “village head”) or through Kannada ಪಾಟೀಲ (pāṭīla, “village head”), from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘘𑘺𑘩 (paṭaila), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (paṭṭaïlla), from Sanskrit पट्टकिल (paṭṭakila). Doublet of Patel.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aptil
- paitl
- patill
- patli
- pattil
- ppatil
- ptail
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Patil - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Patil", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).