patrie

\pa.tʁi\

/\pa.tʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“patrie” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,224. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,224
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La terre des ancêtres, le pays où l’on est né, la nation dont on fait partie, la société politique dont on est membre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patrie · patrie · French

patrie · rank #6,224 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,224
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH opérateurs

Nearest frequency peer: opérateurs (-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 « patrie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « patrie » 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).

patrie vs prié
50% similar
patrie vs pitié
50% similar
patrie vs patte
67% similar

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

Key facts for patrie
PropertyValue
Headwordpatrie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.tʁi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,224
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « patrie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).patriese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « opérateurs » (#6,223), « payant » (#6,225), « obtenus » (#6,222). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « patrie » est au #6,224. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around patrie (IPA \pa.tʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,224 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for patrie, with forms such as "aptrie", "patire", and "patrei". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prié", "pitié", "patte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is patrie, spelled P-A-T-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    La terre des ancêtres, le pays où l’on est né, la nation dont on fait partie, la société politique dont on est membre.
  2. 2
    La province, la ville où l’on est né.
  3. 3
    Le climat, la contrée propre à certains animaux, ou même à certains végétaux.
  4. 4
    Lieu où une chose, une science, une idée, un art, etc. trouve les conditions particulièrement favorable à son développement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] le comte d'Artois, le prince de Condé, et les Polignac sortaient de France pour aller demander à l'étranger non-seulement un asile, mais des secours contre la révolution. C'était les premiers de émigrés qui bientôt vont allumer la guerre civile dans leur patrie et former contre elle une coalition européenne.
  2. …ce qui nous répugne c’est l’idée de Patrie qui est vraiment le concept le plus bestial, le moins philosophique dans lequel on essaie de faire entrer notre esprit.

Synonyms

paysmatrie

This word in other languages

fatherland(English)patria(Español)Vaterland(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aptrie
  • patire
  • patrei
  • patrrie
  • pattrie
  • ppatrie
  • ptarie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patrie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aptrie2patire2patrei2patrrie1pattrie1ppatrie1ptarie2
Edit distance from "patrie"

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 "patrie"?
"patrie" is spelled P-A-T-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tʁi\.
What does "patrie" mean?
As a noun, "patrie" means: La terre des ancêtres, le pays où l’on est né, la nation dont on fait partie, la société politique dont on est membre.
What words are commonly confused with "patrie"?
"patrie" is commonly confused with "prié", "pitié", "patte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patrie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patrie" is \pa.tʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patrie" come from?
"patrie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

payant#6,225pourri#6,227nommée#6,220restés#6,231

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

porto7 variantsisolé7 variantsindex7 variantstendu7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list