patrouille
\pa.tʁuj\
The verdict
“patrouille” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,361 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,361
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ronde de nuit faite par des troupes de garde dans une ville, pour la sûreté des habitants.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patrouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.tʁuj\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #9,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “patrouille” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for patrouille is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.tʁuj\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,361 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for patrouille, with forms such as "aptrouille", "partouille", and "patoruille". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "patrouilles", "patrouiller", "patrouilleur", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is patrouille, spelled P-A-T-R-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Ronde de nuit faite par des troupes de garde dans une ville, pour la sûreté des habitants.
- 2Marche de surveillance, d’une exploration faite par un détachement de soldats, d’agents de police, soit pour empêcher les surprises de la part de l’ennemi, soit pour prévenir les désordres et arrêter les malfaiteurs.
- 3Le détachement lui-même qui fait la patrouille.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aptrouille,partouille,patoruille,patroiulle,patrouile,patrouilel,patroulile,patrrouille,patruoille,pattrouille,ppatrouille,ptarouille
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patrouille - 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.
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.
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Using “patrouille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-T-R-O-U-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.tʁuj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “patrouilles” - see the side-by-side comparison. patrouille vs patrouilles
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.