pats
/pæts/
"pats" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pats” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,160
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - plural of pat
Corpus desk
Index EN-pats · pats · English
pats · rank #19,160 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,160
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Penelope
Nearest frequency peer: Penelope (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pats”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- outpatient
outpatient
80,844 corpus weight
- pamphlet
pamphlet
80,843 corpus weight
- pats
pats
80,841 corpus weight
- Penelope
Penelope
80,840 corpus weight
- perish
perish
80,839 corpus weight
- perpetrator
perpetrator
80,838 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pats” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | pats |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pæts/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #19,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pats” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around pats (IPA /pæts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,160 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of pat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pats, with forms such as "apts", "patss", and "patts". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pt", "PS", "put", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is pats, spelled P-A-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of pat
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apts
- patss
- patts
- ppats
- ptas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pats - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pats", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
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.