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patron

pa·tron/ˈpeɪ.tɹən/noun

patron is spelled P-A-T-R-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (pa·tron). It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, patron means “One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of patron is patrons.

How many letters and syllables are in patron?

Letters6: P-A-T-R-O-N
Syllables2: pa·tron
In writing5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is patron?

Patron appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce patron?

  • /ˈpeɪ.tɹən/

Patron has 2 syllables, split pa·tron in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-patron.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with patron?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as patron.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: parton, tarpon.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of patron

  • patrons plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • patroning participle, present
  • patroned participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does patron mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.

  2. 2

    A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.

    St. Joseph is the patron of many different places.

  3. 3

    An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.

  4. 4

    A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.

    This car park is for patrons only.

  5. 5

    A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.

  6. 6

    UKOne who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

  7. 7

    A padrone.

  8. 8

    obsoleteA property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)

verb

  1. 1

    obsoleteTo be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.

  2. 2

    obsoleteTo treat as a patron.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Patron in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanSchirmherr, Patron (one who protects or supports), Mäzen (wealthy individual who supports an artist etc)
Spanishpatrón (one who protects or supports), mecenas, patrocinador, auspiciador (wealthy individual who supports an artist etc)
Frenchmécène (wealthy individual who supports an artist etc)
Portuguesemecenas (wealthy individual who supports an artist etc)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does patron come from?

From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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