patronised
"patronised" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“patronised” is uncommon English (frequency #62,400 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,400
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of patronise
Corpus desk
Index EN-patronised · patronised · English
patronised · rank #62,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,400
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH partiality
Nearest frequency peer: partiality (-2 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 “patronised”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- paramour
paramour
37,605 corpus weight
- partiality
partiality
37,603 corpus weight
- patronised
patronised
37,601 corpus weight
- Pella
Pella
37,599 corpus weight
- peppery
peppery
37,598 corpus weight
- Perelman
Perelman
37,597 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “patronised” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patronised |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “patronised” in English
Rare enough to double-check
patronised is uncommon English at frequency #62,400 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of patronise".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for patronised, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is patronised, spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-I-S-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of patronise
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how patronised appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nevertheless, the trains are well patronised, for road services in the district leave something to be desired.
In addition, there are two well-patronised sleeper trains in each direction.
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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