patos

/[ˈpat̪os]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,666

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

patos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de pato. Pronounced [ˈpat̪os]. Often confused with puto and pito.

Key facts for patos
PropertyValue
Headwordpatos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpat̪os]
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,666
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of patos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for patos is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpat̪os]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,666 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de pato.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for patos, with forms such as "paots", "patoss", and "pattos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puto", "pito", "pavo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is patos, spelled P-A-T-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de pato.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: paots,patoss,pattos,ppatos,ptaos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for patos

Misspelling Variants of "patos"

paots5patoss6pattos6ppatos6ptaos5
Misspelling Variants of "patos"

Frequency rank: #16,666 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patos"?
"patos" is spelled P-A-T-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpat̪os].
What does "patos" mean?
As a noun, "patos" means: Forma del plural de pato.
What words are commonly confused with "patos"?
"patos" is commonly confused with "puto", "pito", "pavo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patos" is [ˈpat̪os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patos" come from?
"patos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.