patente

\pa.tɑ̃t\

/\pa.tɑ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“patente” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,949. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,949
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brevet émanant d’une autorité établissant un droit, un titre ou un privilège.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patente · patente · French

patente · rank #32,949 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,949
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parues

Nearest frequency peer: parues (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « patente »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « patente » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

patente vs pente
71% similar
patente vs patte
71% similar
patente vs payent
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for patente
PropertyValue
Headwordpatente
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.tɑ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,949
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « patente »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).patentese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « parues » (#32,948), « peak » (#32,950), « parrainé » (#32,947). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « patente » est au #32,949. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around patente (IPA \pa.tɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,949 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for patente, with forms such as "aptente", "paetnte", and "patenet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pente", "patte", "payent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is patente, spelled P-A-T-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brevet émanant d’une autorité établissant un droit, un titre ou un privilège.
  2. 2
    Autorisation administrative d’exercer certains métiers ; licence.
  3. 3
    Rapport de santé, document délivré par les ports constatant l’état sanitaire d’un équipage de navire et de son port de partance.
  4. 4
    Synonyme de brevet (anglais patent). Invention, brevetée ou non.
  5. 5
    Invention, création ou bricolage ingénieux mais précaire.
  6. 6
    Bricolage, truc bricolé, truc, bidule.
  7. 7
    Impôt à caractère professionnel remplacé dans la plus grande partie de la France en 1975 par la taxe professionnelle, mais qui subsiste dans certains pays africains autrefois colonies françaises, ainsi qu’en Nouvelle-Calédonie et en Polynésie française.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how patente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Callixte III accorda aux juifs une patente de garantie (constitutio judaeorum), par laquelle il interdit de les baptiser contre leur gré, de les frapper ou de les mettre à mort sans la décision d’un tribunal régulier, de les voler, de profiter de leurs fêtes pour les assaillir.
  2. Il n’était pas question de disgrâce et de rancœur car, dès le lendemain de son arrivée, toujours coiffé de son gibus (dont nous nous disions : « quand même, pour nous il aurait pu mettre un autre chapeau ! ») il alla rendre visite au maire pour lui notifier les patentes par lesquelles il était nommé commandant de louveterie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aptente
  • paetnte
  • patenet
  • patennte
  • patentte
  • patetne
  • patnete
  • pattente
  • ppatente
  • ptaente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aptente2paetnte2patenet2patennte1patentte1patetne2patnete2pattente1
Edit distance from "patente"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patente"?
"patente" is spelled P-A-T-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tɑ̃t\.
What does "patente" mean?
As a noun, "patente" means: Brevet émanant d’une autorité établissant un droit, un titre ou un privilège.
What words are commonly confused with "patente"?
"patente" is commonly confused with "pente", "patte", "payent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patente" is \pa.tɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patente" come from?
"patente" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "patente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

piquets#32,957oraison#32,940obsédée#32,936provins#32,965

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

parrainé10 variantsprôner10 variantspujadas10 variantsNicolet10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list