patrice

\pa.tʁis\

/\pa.tʁis\/ noun

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The verdict

“patrice” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,475
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui était revêtu d’une dignité instituée dans l’empire romain par Constantin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patrice · patrice · French

patrice · rank #7,475 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,475
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pardonner

Nearest frequency peer: pardonner (-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 « patrice »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « patrice » 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).

patrice vs price
71% similar
patrice vs patrie
86% similar
patrice vs Patrick
71% similar

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

Key facts for patrice
PropertyValue
Headwordpatrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.tʁis\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,475
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « patrice »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).patricese 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 « pardonner » (#7,474), « pervers » (#7,476), « ouvrant » (#7,473). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « patrice » est au #7,475. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around patrice (IPA \pa.tʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,475 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for patrice, with forms such as "aptrice", "partice", and "patirce". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "price", "patrie", "Patrick", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is patrice, spelled P-A-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui était revêtu d’une dignité instituée dans l’empire romain par Constantin.
  2. 2
    Dignitaire, patron.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les patrices avaient le premier rang dans l’empire après les césars.
  2. La dignité de patrice était à vie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aptrice
  • partice
  • patirce
  • patrcie
  • patricce
  • patriec
  • patrrice
  • pattrice
  • ppatrice
  • ptarice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aptrice2partice2patirce2patrcie2patricce1patriec2patrrice1pattrice1
Edit distance from "patrice"

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 "patrice"?
"patrice" is spelled P-A-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tʁis\.
What does "patrice" mean?
As a noun, "patrice" means: Celui qui était revêtu d’une dignité instituée dans l’empire romain par Constantin.
What words are commonly confused with "patrice"?
"patrice" is commonly confused with "price", "patrie", "Patrick". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patrice" is \pa.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patrice" come from?
"patrice" 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 "patrice", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pervers#7,476ouvrant#7,473pénible#7,488Raphaël#7,490

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

occurrence10 variantstantôt10 variantsexploit10 variantsassurant10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list