Patras
/pəˈtɹæs/
"patras" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Patras” is uncommon English (frequency #89,739 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,739
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The third most populated Greek city (after Athens and Thessaloniki), the most populated city in the Peloponnese and the capital of Western Greece (administrative region of Greece).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patras |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /pəˈtɹæs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Patras” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Patras is uncommon English at frequency #89,739 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /pəˈtɹæs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The third most populated Greek city (after Athens and Thessaloniki), the most populated city in the Peloponnese and the capital of Western Greece (administrative region of Greece).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Patras, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Patreus, the name of its founder. The correct English form is Patras, spelled P-A-T-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1The third most populated Greek city (after Athens and Thessaloniki), the most populated city in the Peloponnese and the capital of Western Greece (administrative region of Greece).
Etymology
From Patreus, the name of its founder.
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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Using “Patras”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-T-R-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pəˈtɹæs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.