patria

/[ˈpat̪ɾja]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,739

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

patria is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tierra natal o adoptiva ordenada como nación, a la que pertenece el hombre por vínculos jurídicos, históricos o afectivos. Pronounced [ˈpat̪ɾja]. It ranks #1,739 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with petra and podría.

Key facts for patria
PropertyValue
Headwordpatria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpat̪ɾja]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,739
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for patria is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpat̪ɾja]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,739 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for patria, with forms such as "aptria", "partia", and "patira". 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, "petra", "podría", "patrón", 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 patria, spelled P-A-T-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tierra natal o adoptiva ordenada como nación, a la que pertenece el hombre por vínculos jurídicos, históricos o afectivos.
  2. 2
    Lugar, región, ciudad o país donde se ha nacido.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aptria,partia,patira,patrai,patrria,pattria,ppatria,ptaria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for patria

Misspelling Variants of "patria"

aptria6partia6patira6patrai6patrria7pattria7ppatria7ptaria6
Misspelling Variants of "patria"

Frequency rank: #1,739 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patria"?
"patria" is spelled P-A-T-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpat̪ɾja].
What does "patria" mean?
As a noun, "patria" means: Tierra natal o adoptiva ordenada como nación, a la que pertenece el hombre por vínculos jurídicos, históricos o afectivos.
What words are commonly confused with "patria"?
"patria" is commonly confused with "petra", "podría", "patrón". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patria" is [ˈpat̪ɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patria" come from?
"patria" 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.