patronyme

\pa.tʁo.nim\

/\pa.tʁo.nim\/ noun

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The verdict

“patronyme” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,173
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom dérivé du prénom du père, dans certaines traditions.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patronyme · patronyme · French

patronyme · rank #27,173 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,173
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pastèque

Nearest frequency peer: pastèque (-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 « patronyme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « patronyme » 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).

patronyme vs patronage
78% similar
patronyme vs patronale
78% similar

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

Key facts for patronyme
PropertyValue
Headwordpatronyme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.tʁo.nim\
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,173
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « patronyme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.patronymese 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 « pastèque » (#27,172), « Pavel » (#27,174), « passèrent » (#27,171). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « patronyme » est au #27,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around patronyme (IPA \pa.tʁo.nim\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,173 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for patronyme, with forms such as "aptronyme", "partonyme", and "patornyme". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "patronage", "patronale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is patronyme, spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-Y-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom dérivé du prénom du père, dans certaines traditions.
  2. 2
    Nom de famille hérité du père.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le russe a un système particulier de nom en trois parties : prénom, patronyme (nom du père), et nom de famille.
  2. Un homme d’honneur était prêt à tout pour préserver son patronyme de l’opprobre.

Synonyms

patronymiquenom patronymique

This word in other languages

patronym(English)apellido(Español)Patronym(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aptronyme
  • partonyme
  • patornyme
  • patrnoyme
  • patronmye
  • patronnyme
  • patronyem
  • patronymme
  • patronyyme
  • patroynme
  • patrronyme
  • pattronyme
  • ppatronyme
  • ptaronyme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aptronyme2partonyme2patornyme2patrnoyme2patronmye2patronnyme1patronyem2patronymme1
Edit distance from "patronyme"

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 "patronyme"?
"patronyme" is spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-Y-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tʁo.nim\.
What does "patronyme" mean?
As a noun, "patronyme" means: Nom dérivé du prénom du père, dans certaines traditions.
What words are commonly confused with "patronyme"?
"patronyme" is commonly confused with "patronage", "patronale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patronyme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patronyme" is \pa.tʁo.nim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patronyme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

passèrent#27,171operation#27,164offraient#27,162officieux#27,160

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

pratiquait14 variantsnouvelliste14 variantsmutilation14 variantsredescend14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list