patriarcales

\pa.tʁi.jaʁ.kal\

/\pa.tʁi.jaʁ.kal\/ adj

The verdict

“patriarcales” is uncommon French (frequency #65,397 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,397
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de patriarcal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patriarcales · patriarcales · French

patriarcales · rank #65,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,397
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH partridge

Nearest frequency peer: partridge (-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 « patriarcales »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « patriarcales » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for patriarcales
PropertyValue
Headwordpatriarcales
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.tʁi.jaʁ.kal\
Letters12
Frequency rank#65,397
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « patriarcales » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).patriarcalestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « partridge » (#65,396), « pauillac » (#65,398), « partnership » (#65,395). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « patriarcales » est au #65,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

patriarcales is uncommon French at frequency #65,397 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.tʁi.jaʁ.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de patriarcal.".

patriarcales has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is patriarcales, spelled P-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de patriarcal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Madame Théodora-Marguerite-Wilhemine Adolphus (de la maison Adolphus et compagnie de Mannheim), veuve du baron d’Aldriger, n’était pas une bonne grosse Allemande, compacte et réfléchie, blanche à visage doré comme la mousse d’un pot de bière, enrichie de toutes les vertus patriarcales que la Germanie possède, romancièrement parlant.

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 "patriarcales"?
"patriarcales" is spelled P-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tʁi.jaʁ.kal\.
What does "patriarcales" mean?
As an adjective, "patriarcales" means: Féminin pluriel de patriarcal.
How do you pronounce "patriarcales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patriarcales" is \pa.tʁi.jaʁ.kal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list