patriot
/ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/
"patriot" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“patriot” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,743. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,743
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
Corpus desk
Index EN-patriot · patriot · English
patriot · rank #10,743 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,743
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH paranoid
Nearest frequency peer: paranoid (-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 “patriot”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pact
pact
89,261 corpus weight
- paramount
paramount
89,260 corpus weight
- paranoid
paranoid
89,259 corpus weight
- patriot
patriot
89,258 corpus weight
- patron
patron
89,257 corpus weight
- Pearson
Pearson
89,256 corpus weight
What this shows “patriot” 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 | patriot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “patriot”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around patriot (IPA /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,743 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for patriot, with forms such as "aptriot", "partiot", and "patirot". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "patrol", "patron", "patriotic", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta (“fellow countryman”) from the Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, “of the same country”), from πατρίς (patrís, “father land", "country”), from πατήρ (patḗr, “father”). The correct English form is patriot, spelled P-A-T-R-I-O-T.
Definition
- 1A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
- 2A fellow countryman, a compatriot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how patriot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Here Tears ſhall flovv from a more gen'rous Cauſe, / Such Tears as Patriots ſhed for dying Lavvs: […]
'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
Etymology
From Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta (“fellow countryman”) from the Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, “of the same country”), from πατρίς (patrís, “father land", "country”), from πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aptriot
- partiot
- patirot
- patriott
- patrito
- patroit
- patrriot
- pattriot
- ppatriot
- ptariot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patriot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).