Patras
/pəˈtɹæs/
"patras" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Patras” is uncommon English (frequency #89,739 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,739
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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).
Corpus desk
Index EN-patras · Patras · English
Patras · rank #89,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,739
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH parotid
Nearest frequency peer: parotid (-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 “Patras”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- papist
papist
10,269 corpus weight
- Paraiso
Paraiso
10,268 corpus weight
- parotid
parotid
10,265 corpus weight
- Patras
Patras
10,262 corpus weight
- pectoralis
pectoralis
10,255 corpus weight
- pennyworth
pennyworth
10,253 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Patras” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Patras” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Patras is uncommon English at frequency #89,739 among 4,417 “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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