patrouille

\pa.tʁuj\

/\pa.tʁuj\/ noun

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The verdict

“patrouille” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,361
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ronde de nuit faite par des troupes de garde dans une ville, pour la sûreté des habitants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-patrouille · patrouille · French

patrouille · rank #9,361 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,361
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paraissent

Nearest frequency peer: paraissent (-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 « patrouille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « patrouille » 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).

patrouille vs patrouilles
91% similar
patrouille vs patrouiller
91% similar
patrouille vs patrouilleur
83% similar

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

Key facts for patrouille
PropertyValue
Headwordpatrouille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.tʁuj\
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,361
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « patrouille »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.patrouillese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « paraissent » (#9,360), « permettront » (#9,362), « paradoxe » (#9,359). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « patrouille » est au #9,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around patrouille (IPA \pa.tʁuj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,361 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Ronde de nuit faite par des troupes de garde dans une ville, pour la sûreté des habitants.
  2. 2
    Marche 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.
  3. 3
    Le détachement lui-même qui fait la patrouille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les ténèbres de la vallée, sur le tracé des routes, des chemins et des sentiers de petits points lumineux se déplaçaient : c’était la lanterne des patrouilles, le fanal des brancardiers, la torche des charrieurs de morts en travail.
  2. Aller en patrouille.

This word in other languages

patrol(English)

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.

aptrouille2partouille2patoruille2patroiulle2patrouile1patrouilel2patroulile2patrrouille1
Edit distance from "patrouille"

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 "patrouille"?
"patrouille" is spelled P-A-T-R-O-U-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.tʁuj\.
What does "patrouille" mean?
As a noun, "patrouille" means: Ronde de nuit faite par des troupes de garde dans une ville, pour la sûreté des habitants.
What words are commonly confused with "patrouille"?
"patrouille" is commonly confused with "patrouilles", "patrouiller", "patrouilleur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "patrouille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patrouille" is \pa.tʁuj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patrouille" come from?
"patrouille" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

paraissent#9,360navigateur#9,355multiplier#9,353retrouvera#9,381

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

modestes12 variantsrevenant12 variantsendormir12 variantsvégétaux12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list