pâtres
\pɑtʁ\
The verdict
“pâtres” is uncommon French (frequency #95,205 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,205
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de pâtre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-patres · pâtres · French
pâtres · rank #95,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,205
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pythagoriciens
Nearest frequency peer: pythagoriciens (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « pâtres »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Puiseux
Puiseux
4,799 corpus weight
- puri
puri
4,798 corpus weight
- pythagorici…
pythagoriciens
4,797 corpus weight
- pâtres
pâtres
4,796 corpus weight
- pénétraient
pénétraient
4,795 corpus weight
- pétunia
pétunia
4,794 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pâtres » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pâtres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑtʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pâtres » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pâtres is uncommon French at frequency #95,205 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɑtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de pâtre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pâtres in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pâtres, spelled P-Â-T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de pâtre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pâtres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand je vois aussi comment travaillaient beaucoup de paysans et les pâtres dans les années soixante-dix, et bien avant, aujourd’hui la vie est douce.
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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