patrón
[paˈt̪ɾõn]
The verdict
“patrón” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,581. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,581
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que defiende o protege una causa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-patron · patrón · Spanish
patrón · rank #3,581 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,581
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH orientación
Nearest frequency peer: orientación (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “patrón”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- necesariame…
necesariamente
96,422 corpus weight
- orientación
orientación
96,421 corpus weight
- patrón
patrón
96,420 corpus weight
- positiva
positiva
96,419 corpus weight
- procedimien…
procedimientos
96,418 corpus weight
- profesora
profesora
96,417 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “patrón” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patrón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈt̪ɾõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “patrón” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around patrón (IPA [paˈt̪ɾõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,581 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for patrón, with forms such as "aptrón", "partón", and "patrnó". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "petro", "potro", "Pavón", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is patrón, spelled P-A-T-R-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Persona que defiende o protege una causa.
- 2Deidad o santo designado como protector de una ciudad, congregación u oficio,
- 3Persona que aloja a un huésped en su propia vivienda o establecimiento.
- 4Propietario de una finca o hacienda.
- 5Persona que dirige y contrata empleados.
- 6Persona que dirige un buque mercante.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aptrón
- partón
- patrnó
- patrrón
- patrónn
- pattrón
- patórn
- ppatrón
- ptarón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patrón - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "patrón", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "patrón". Here's where to go from here.
- "patrón" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "petro". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,581 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.