pátria

/ˈpa.tɾjɐ/

//ˈpa.tɾjɐ// noun

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The verdict

“pátria” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,991
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - país em que nascemos

Corpus desk

Index PT-patria · pátria · Portuguese

pátria · rank #5,991 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,991
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pátio

Nearest frequency peer: pátio (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pátria”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “pátria” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

pátria vs patroa
67% similar
pátria vs patrol
50% similar
pátria vs plateia
57% similar

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

Key facts for pátria
PropertyValue
Headwordpátria
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpa.tɾjɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,991
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pátria”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).pátriacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pátio” (#5,990), “poderosos” (#5,987), “plus” (#5,986). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pátria” fica em #5,991. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pátria (IPA /ˈpa.tɾjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,991 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pátria, with forms such as "ppátria", "ptária", and "pártia". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "patroa", "patrol", "plateia", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is pátria, spelled P-Á-T-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    país em que nascemos
  2. 2
    nação
  3. 3
    identidade cultural

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Minha pátria é a língua portuguesa.

This word in other languages

fatherland(English)patria(Español)patrie(Français)Vaterland(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppátria
  • ptária
  • pártia
  • pátira
  • pátrai
  • pátrria
  • páttria
  • áptria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ppátria1ptária2pártia2pátira2pátrai2pátrria1páttria1áptria2
Edit distance from "pátria"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pátria"?
"pátria" is spelled P-Á-T-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpa.tɾjɐ/.
What does "pátria" mean?
As a noun, "pátria" means: país em que nascemos
What words are commonly confused with "pátria"?
"pátria" is commonly confused with "patroa", "patrol", "plateia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pátria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pátria" is /ˈpa.tɾjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pátria" come from?
"pátria" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ritual#5,997Pequim#5,982school#6,000mágica#5,972

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

amador8 variantseterno8 variantscâmbio8 variantsconfia8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list