patriciat
\pa.tʁi.sja\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patriciat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.tʁi.sja\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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
- 1Ordre des patriciens chez les anciens romains.
- 2À partir de Constantin, dignité de patrice.
- 3Ordre des nobles dans les gouvernements modernes où ils sont appelés les patriciens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how patriciat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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 […]
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.