patraña
[paˈt̪ɾaɲa]
The verdict
“patraña” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,463 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,463
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cosa dicha e inventada para engañar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patraña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈt̪ɾaɲa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “patraña” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
patraña is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,463 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈt̪ɾaɲa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for patraña, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is patraña, spelled P-A-T-R-A-Ñ-A.
Definition
- 1Cosa dicha e inventada para engañar.
- 2Noticia fabulosa inventada para divertir o entretener.
This word in other languages
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 “patraña”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-T-R-A-Ñ-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈt̪ɾaɲa] (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.