patriote

\pa.tʁi.jɔt\

/\pa.tʁi.jɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“patriote” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,636. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,636
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-patriote · patriote · French

patriote · rank #12,636 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,636
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pathologie

Nearest frequency peer: pathologie (-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 « patriote »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « patriote » 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).

patriote vs patriotes
89% similar
patriote vs patrie
75% similar
patriote vs parité
63% similar

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

Key facts for patriote
PropertyValue
Headwordpatriote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.tʁi.jɔt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,636
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « patriote »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).patriotese 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 « pathologie » (#12,635), « participations » (#12,634), « pet » (#12,638). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « patriote » est au #12,636. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around patriote (IPA \pa.tʁi.jɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,636 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for patriote, with forms such as "aptriote", "partiote", and "patirote". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "patriotes", "patrie", "parité", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is patriote, spelled P-A-T-R-I-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Compatriote.
  2. 2
    Personne qui adhère à l’idée de patrie, qui aime sa patrie et s’efforce de bien la servir.
  3. 3
    Résistant à l’occupant, dans les guerres de libération nationale.
  4. 4
    Partisan de la Révolution française.
  5. 5
    Résistant à l’Occupation allemande de la France en 1940-1945, par opposition aux collaborateurs.
  6. 6
    Personne prônant le rattachement de Hong Kong à la Chine.
  7. 7
    Membre du mouvement des Patriotes (essentiellement 1826-1840, et surtout 1837-1840).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je me suis toujours appliqué à être un patriote, mais, en vérité, j’étais un patriote de salon.
  2. L’empire assyrien, l’empire persan, l’empire d’Alexandre ne furent pas non plus des patries. Il n’y eut jamais de patriotes assyriens ; l’empire persan fut une vaste féodalité.

Synonyms

résistant

Antonyms

antipatriotearistocratecollaborateurcollabo

This word in other languages

patriot(English)Patriot(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aptriote
  • partiote
  • patirote
  • patrioet
  • patriotte
  • patritoe
  • patroite
  • patrriote
  • pattriote
  • ppatriote
  • ptariote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aptriote2partiote2patirote2patrioet2patriotte1patritoe2patroite2patrriote1
Edit distance from "patriote"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

partagez#12,633Michelin#12,619manquant#12,617revendre#12,661

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

promets11 variantspréavis11 variantssquelette11 variantsinsolite11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list