patriarcat

\pa.tʁi.jaʁ.ka\

/\pa.tʁi.jaʁ.ka\/ noun

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The verdict

“patriarcat” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,624. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,624
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dignité de patriarche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patriarcat · patriarcat · French

patriarcat · rank #19,624 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,624
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH partageait

Nearest frequency peer: partageait (-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 « patriarcat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « patriarcat » 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).

patriarcat vs patriarche
80% similar
patriarcat vs patriarcal
90% similar
patriarcat vs patriarcale
82% similar

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

Key facts for patriarcat
PropertyValue
Headwordpatriarcat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.tʁi.jaʁ.ka\
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,624
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « patriarcat »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).patriarcatse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « partageait » (#19,623), « patronage » (#19,625), « paresse » (#19,622). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « patriarcat » est au #19,624. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around patriarcat (IPA \pa.tʁi.jaʁ.ka\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,624 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for patriarcat, with forms such as "aptriarcat", "partiarcat", and "patirarcat". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "patriarche", "patriarcal", "patriarcale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 patriarcat, spelled P-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dignité de patriarche.
  2. 2
    Étendue de territoire soumise à la juridiction d’un patriarche.
  3. 3
    Temps pendant lequel un patriarche a occupé son siège.
  4. 4
    Système social fondé sur la domination des hommes sur les femmes, qui organise les rapports de pouvoir dans les sphères familiale, économique, juridique, culturelle et symbolique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il fut élevé au patriarcat de Constantinople.
  2. Dans les églises grecques ou orientales non catholiques, le patriarcat est la dignité suprême.

This word in other languages

patriarchate(English)patriarcado(Español)Patriarchat(Deutsch)patriarcado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aptriarcat
  • partiarcat
  • patirarcat
  • patraircat
  • patriacrat
  • patriaract
  • patriarcatt
  • patriarccat
  • patriarcta
  • patriarrcat
  • patriracat
  • patrriarcat
  • pattriarcat
  • ppatriarcat
  • ptariarcat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patriarcat - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aptriarcat2partiarcat2patirarcat2patraircat2patriacrat2patriaract2patriarcatt1patriarccat1
Edit distance from "patriarcat"

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 "patriarcat"?
"patriarcat" is spelled P-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tʁi.jaʁ.ka\.
What does "patriarcat" mean?
As a noun, "patriarcat" means: Dignité de patriarche.
What words are commonly confused with "patriarcat"?
"patriarcat" is commonly confused with "patriarche", "patriarcal", "patriarcale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patriarcat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patriarcat" is \pa.tʁi.jaʁ.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patriarcat" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

partageait#19,623persistent#19,626projecteur#19,633psychiques#19,636

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

mériterait15 variantsmonumental15 variantsreconquête15 variantsrécurrents15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list