patrocinar
/pɐ.tɾu.si.ˈnaɾ/
The verdict
“patrocinar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #23,438 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #23,438
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - amparar, prestar auxílio, especialmente financeiro
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patrocinar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɐ.tɾu.si.ˈnaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “patrocinar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for patrocinar is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɐ.tɾu.si.ˈnaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,438 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "amparar, prestar auxílio, especialmente financeiro".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for patrocinar, with forms such as "aptrocinar", "partocinar", and "patorcinar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 patrocinar, spelled P-A-T-R-O-C-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1amparar, prestar auxílio, especialmente financeiro
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aptrocinar,partocinar,patorcinar,patrcoinar,patroccinar,patrocianr,patrocinarr,patrocinnar,patrocinra,patrocniar,patroicnar,patrrocinar,pattrocinar,ppatrocinar,ptarocinar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patrocinar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “patrocinar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-T-R-O-C-I-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐ.tɾu.si.ˈnaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.