Patagones
[pat̪aˈɣ̞ones]
The verdict
“Patagones” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,462 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,462
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partido de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, cuya cabecera es la ciudad de Carmen de Patagones. Su gentilicio es maragato.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Patagones |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [pat̪aˈɣ̞ones] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Patagones” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Patagones is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,462 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [pat̪aˈɣ̞ones]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partido de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, cuya cabecera es la ciudad de Carmen de Patagones. Su gentilicio es maragato.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Patagones, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Patagones, spelled P-A-T-A-G-O-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Partido de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, cuya cabecera es la ciudad de Carmen de Patagones. Su gentilicio es maragato.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Patagones”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-T-A-G-O-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pat̪aˈɣ̞ones] (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.