patriotic
/pæt.ɹiˈɒ.tɪk/
"patriotic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“patriotic” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,789
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country
Corpus desk
Index EN-patriotic · patriotic · English
patriotic · rank #9,789 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,789
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH oppression
Nearest frequency peer: oppression (-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 “patriotic”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- northwestern
northwestern
90,216 corpus weight
- NZ
NZ
90,215 corpus weight
- oppression
oppression
90,213 corpus weight
- patriotic
patriotic
90,212 corpus weight
- Phillip
Phillip
90,211 corpus weight
- pitcher
pitcher
90,209 corpus weight
What this shows “patriotic” 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 | patriotic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pæt.ɹiˈɒ.tɪk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “patriotic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around patriotic (IPA /pæt.ɹiˈɒ.tɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,789 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for patriotic, with forms such as "aptriotic", "partiotic", and "patirotic". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "patriotism", "patriot", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French patriotique, from Late Latin patriōticus, from Ancient Greek πατριωτικός (patriōtikós), from πατριώτης (patriṓtēs), equivalent to patriot + -ic. The correct English form is patriotic, spelled P-A-T-R-I-O-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how patriotic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a patriotic statesman
a patriotic song
Etymology
From French patriotique, from Late Latin patriōticus, from Ancient Greek πατριωτικός (patriōtikós), from πατριώτης (patriṓtēs), equivalent to patriot + -ic.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aptriotic
- partiotic
- patirotic
- patrioitc
- patriotci
- patrioticc
- patriottic
- patritoic
- patroitic
- patrriotic
- pattriotic
- ppatriotic
- ptariotic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patriotic - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "patriotic", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).