pattes

\pat\

/\pat\/ noun

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The verdict

“pattes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,881. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,881
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-pattes · pattes · French

pattes · rank #4,881 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,881
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH orchestre

Nearest frequency peer: orchestre (-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 « pattes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pattes » 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).

pattes vs potes
67% similar
pattes vs payés
50% similar
pattes vs pavés
50% similar

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

Key facts for pattes
PropertyValue
Headwordpattes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pat\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,881
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pattes »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « orchestre » (#4,880), « pleinement » (#4,882), « Obama » (#4,879). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pattes » est au #4,881. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around pattes (IPA \pat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,881 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de patte.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pattes, with forms such as "apttes", "pates", and "patets". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "potes", "payés", "pavés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pattes, spelled P-A-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de patte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Du coup, je me refous un concurrent dans les pattes et c’est le mégotage qui recommence.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apttes
  • pates
  • patets
  • pattess
  • pattse
  • ppattes
  • ptates

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apttes2pates1patets2pattess1pattse2ppattes1ptates2
Edit distance from "pattes"

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 "pattes"?
"pattes" is spelled P-A-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pat\.
What does "pattes" mean?
As a noun, "pattes" means: Pluriel de patte.
What words are commonly confused with "pattes"?
"pattes" is commonly confused with "potes", "payés", "pavés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pattes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pattes" is \pat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pattes" come from?
"pattes" 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 "pattes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

lancée#4,869gosses#4,861vagues#4,901aperçu#4,907

Similar misspelling depth

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

senti7 variantsTokyo7 variantsherbe7 variantsbaron7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list