patela
/pɐˈtɛlɐ/
The verdict
“patela” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,206 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,206
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - osso curto, achatado e arredondado que se localiza na parte frontal do joelho e permite a movimentação da perna
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐˈtɛlɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “patela” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
patela is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,206 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɐˈtɛlɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "osso curto, achatado e arredondado que se localiza na parte frontal do joelho e permite a movimentação da perna".
Zero misspellings are on record for patela in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is patela, spelled P-A-T-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1osso curto, achatado e arredondado que se localiza na parte frontal do joelho e permite a movimentação da perna
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “patela”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-T-E-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐˈtɛlɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.