patriciat

\pa.tʁi.sja\

/\pa.tʁi.sja\/ noun

The verdict

“patriciat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordre des patriciens chez les anciens romains.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patriciat · patriciat · French

patriciat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for patriciat
PropertyValue
Headwordpatriciat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.tʁi.sja\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « patriciat » en français

patriciatn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

patriciat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.tʁi.sja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for patriciat, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is patriciat, spelled P-A-T-R-I-C-I-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ordre des patriciens chez les anciens romains.
  2. 2
    À partir de Constantin, dignité de patrice.
  3. 3
    Ordre des nobles dans les gouvernements modernes où ils sont appelés les patriciens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au sein du patriciat, rallié en grande majorité au nouvel état de choses, il restait un petit clan irréductible dont le chef était Claudius Appius […]
  2. On ne parvenait ordinairement au patriciat qu’après avoir passé par les plus grandes charges, comme celle de consul, de préfet du prétoire, de préfet de la ville.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "patriciat"?
"patriciat" is spelled P-A-T-R-I-C-I-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tʁi.sja\.
What does "patriciat" mean?
As a noun, "patriciat" means: Ordre des patriciens chez les anciens romains.
How do you pronounce "patriciat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patriciat" is \pa.tʁi.sja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list