pater

\pa.tɛʁ\

/\pa.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pater” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,474
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prière du Notre Père.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pater · pater · French

pater · rank #38,474 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,474
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paramilitaires

Nearest frequency peer: paramilitaires (-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 « pater »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pater » 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).

pater vs pote
60% similar
pater vs paye
60% similar
pater vs pute
60% similar

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

Key facts for pater
PropertyValue
Headwordpater
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.tɛʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,474
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pater »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « paramilitaires » (#38,473), « perméabilité » (#38,475), « Panasonic » (#38,472). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pater » est au #38,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around pater (IPA \pa.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,474 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pater, with forms such as "apter", "paetr", and "paterr". 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, "pote", "paye", "pute", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pater, spelled P-A-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prière du Notre Père.
  2. 2
    Gros grain d’un chapelet sur lequel on dit le pater.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dire cinq pater et cinq avé, réciter cinq fois de suite le Notre Père et la salutation angélique.
  2. Savoir une chose comme son pater, la savoir très bien par cœur.

Synonyms

Notre PèrePater nosterpatenôtre

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apter
  • paetr
  • paterr
  • patter
  • ppater
  • ptaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pater - 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.

apter2paetr2paterr1patter1ppater1ptaer2
Edit distance from "pater"

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 "pater"?
"pater" is spelled P-A-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tɛʁ\.
What does "pater" mean?
As a noun, "pater" means: Prière du Notre Père.
What words are commonly confused with "pater"?
"pater" is commonly confused with "pote", "paye", "pute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pater"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pater" is \pa.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pater" come from?
"pater" 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 "pater", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Oxfam#38,469obtus#38,455rally#38,498Raqqa#38,499

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

rays6 variantsNils6 variantsnerd6 variantsminas6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list