Patroclus
/pəˈtɹəʊ.kləs/
"patroclus" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Patroclus” is uncommon English (frequency #78,925 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,925
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A character in the Iliad, known for his close relationship to Achilles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patroclus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /pəˈtɹəʊ.kləs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Patroclus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Patroclus is uncommon English at frequency #78,925 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /pəˈtɹəʊ.kləs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A character in the Iliad, known for his close relationship to Achilles.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Patroclus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Patroclus, from Ancient Greek Πάτροκλος (Pátroklos). The correct English form is Patroclus, spelled P-A-T-R-O-C-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1A character in the Iliad, known for his close relationship to Achilles.
Etymology
From Latin Patroclus, from Ancient Greek Πάτροκλος (Pátroklos).
This word in other languages
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 “Patroclus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-T-R-O-C-L-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pəˈtɹəʊ.kləs/ (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.