pato
\ˈpa.to\
The verdict
“pato” is uncommon French (frequency #75,988 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,988
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Poêle au sens d’ustensile de cuisine, de crêpière
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pato |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpa.to\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #75,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pato” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pato is uncommon French at frequency #75,988 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpa.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poêle au sens d’ustensile de cuisine, de crêpière".
No misspelling variants are generated for pato in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 pato, spelled P-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Poêle au sens d’ustensile de cuisine, de crêpière
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.
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Using “pato”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈpa.to\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.