patitos
[paˈt̪it̪os]
The verdict
“patitos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,741 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,741
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de patito.
Corpus desk
Index ES-patitos · patitos · Spanish
patitos · rank #58,741 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,741
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH patanes
Nearest frequency peer: patanes (-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 “patitos”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- parras
parras
41,264 corpus weight
- partiría
partiría
41,263 corpus weight
- patanes
patanes
41,261 corpus weight
- patitos
patitos
41,260 corpus weight
- pedrera
pedrera
41,258 corpus weight
- pell
pell
41,257 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “patitos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patitos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈt̪it̪os] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “patitos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
patitos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,741 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈt̪it̪os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de patito.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for patitos, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 patitos, spelled P-A-T-I-T-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de patito.
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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