patients

/ˈpeɪʃənts/

//ˈpeɪʃənts// noun

The verdict

“patients” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,264 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,264
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de patient.

Corpus desk

Index ES-patients · patients · Spanish

patients · rank #92,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,264
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH patalear

Nearest frequency peer: patalear (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “patients”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “patients” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for patients
PropertyValue
Headwordpatients
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpeɪʃənts/
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,264
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “patients” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.patientscae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “patalear” (#92,263), “pasible” (#92,261), “partidocracia” (#92,260). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “patients” va en #92,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

patients is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,264 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpeɪʃənts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de patient.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for patients, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is patients, spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de patient.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patients"?
"patients" is spelled P-A-T-I-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpeɪʃənts/.
What does "patients" mean?
As a noun, "patients" means: Forma del plural de patient.
How do you pronounce "patients"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patients" is /ˈpeɪʃənts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patients" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "patients", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list