patella
\pa.tɛ.la\
The verdict
“patella” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nouveau nom scientifique de la rotule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-patella · patella · French
patella · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patella |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.tɛ.la\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
patella is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.tɛ.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nouveau nom scientifique de la rotule.".
patella has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is patella, spelled P-A-T-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Nouveau nom scientifique de la rotule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how patella appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La face antérieure de la patella est convexe. Sa partie supérieure est rugueuse et donne attache au muscle droit fémoral. Sa partie inférieure est lisse et donne attache au tendon rotulien, qui la relie au tibia.
La kinésithérapeute qui m'a soigné ironisait sur l'adoption du terme patella pour désigner l'os que jadis on appelait rotule.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.