# patten

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpat(ə)n/ · frequency rank #33,358

## Definitions
1. Any of various types of footwear with thick soles, often used to elevate the foot, especially wooden clogs.
2. One of various wooden attachments used to lift a shoe above wet or muddy ground.
3. A circular wooden plank attached to a horse's foot to prevent it from sinking into a bog while plowing.
4. An ice skate.
5. An iron hoop attached to a person's boot in cases of hip-joint disease.
6. The base of a pillar.

## Etymology
From Middle English patyn, patin, pateyn, from Old French patin, from patte (“paw, hoof”), from Latin patta, of imitative origin.

## Easily confused with
- **Patty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-patty)
- **potter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-potter)
- **Patton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-patton)
- **Paxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-paxton)
- **pitted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-pitted)
- **Payton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-payton)
- **potted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-potted)
- **putter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-putter)
- **Platte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-platte)
- **patter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-patter)
- **pattern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-pattern)
- **platter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-platter)
- **patting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-patting)
- **pate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pate-vs-patten)
- **paste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-patten)
- **Patel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patel-vs-patten)
- **Paton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-patten)
- **patent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patent-vs-patten)
- **patron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patron-vs-patten)
- **parted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parted-vs-patten)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aptten`, `paten`, `pattenn`, `pattne`, `ppatten`, `ptaten`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/patten