diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/51843-fix-l10n-too-early b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/51843-fix-l10n-too-early
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..829701a0c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/51843-fix-l10n-too-early
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: minor
+Type: fix
+
+Removes several side effects in the code base that caused translations to be loaded too early.
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/BlockPatterns.php b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/BlockPatterns.php
index 5e72bbcfc96..e2e402fc547 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/BlockPatterns.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/BlockPatterns.php
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ class BlockPatterns {
 		$this->pattern_registry   = $pattern_registry;
 		$this->ptk_patterns_store = $ptk_patterns_store;
 
-		$this->dictionary = PatternsHelper::get_patterns_dictionary();
-
 		add_action( 'init', array( $this, 'register_block_patterns' ) );
 
 		if ( Features::is_enabled( 'pattern-toolkit-full-composability' ) ) {
@@ -91,6 +89,19 @@ class BlockPatterns {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the Patterns dictionary.
+	 *
+	 * @return array|WP_Error
+	 */
+	private function get_patterns_dictionary() {
+		if ( null === $this->dictionary ) {
+			$this->dictionary = PatternsHelper::get_patterns_dictionary();
+		}
+
+		return $this->dictionary;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Register block patterns from core.
 	 *
@@ -103,7 +114,7 @@ class BlockPatterns {
 
 		$patterns = $this->get_block_patterns();
 		foreach ( $patterns as $pattern ) {
-			$this->pattern_registry->register_block_pattern( $pattern['source'], $pattern, $this->dictionary );
+			$this->pattern_registry->register_block_pattern( $pattern['source'], $pattern, $this->get_patterns_dictionary() );
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -212,7 +223,7 @@ class BlockPatterns {
 			$pattern['slug']    = $pattern['name'];
 			$pattern['content'] = $pattern['html'];
 
-			$this->pattern_registry->register_block_pattern( $pattern['ID'], $pattern, $this->dictionary );
+			$this->pattern_registry->register_block_pattern( $pattern['ID'], $pattern, $this->get_patterns_dictionary() );
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/Patterns/PatternRegistry.php b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/Patterns/PatternRegistry.php
index 3af03be5200..61c2528e59d 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/Patterns/PatternRegistry.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/src/Blocks/Patterns/PatternRegistry.php
@@ -12,20 +12,15 @@ class PatternRegistry {
 	const SLUG_REGEX            = '/^[A-z0-9\/_-]+$/';
 	const COMMA_SEPARATED_REGEX = '/[\s,]+/';
 
-
 	/**
-	 * Associates pattern slugs with their localized labels for categorization.
+	 * Returns pattern slugs with their localized labels for categorization.
+	 *
 	 * Each key represents a unique pattern slug, while the value is the localized label.
 	 *
-	 * @var array $category_labels
+	 * @return array<string, string>
 	 */
-	private $category_labels;
-
-	/**
-	 * Constructor.
-	 */
-	public function __construct() {
-		$this->category_labels = [
+	private function get_category_labels() {
+		return [
 			'woo-commerce'     => __( 'WooCommerce', 'woocommerce' ),
 			'intro'            => __( 'Intro', 'woocommerce' ),
 			'featured-selling' => __( 'Featured Selling', 'woocommerce' ),
@@ -148,10 +143,10 @@ class PatternRegistry {
 			}
 		}
 
-        // phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText, WordPress.WP.I18n.LowLevelTranslationFunction
+		// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText, WordPress.WP.I18n.LowLevelTranslationFunction
 		$pattern_data['title'] = translate_with_gettext_context( $pattern_data['title'], 'Pattern title', 'woocommerce' );
 		if ( ! empty( $pattern_data['description'] ) ) {
-            // phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText, WordPress.WP.I18n.LowLevelTranslationFunction
+			// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText, WordPress.WP.I18n.LowLevelTranslationFunction
 			$pattern_data['description'] = translate_with_gettext_context( $pattern_data['description'], 'Pattern description', 'woocommerce' );
 		}
 
@@ -186,13 +181,15 @@ class PatternRegistry {
 			}
 		}
 
+		$category_labels = $this->get_category_labels();
+
 		if ( ! empty( $pattern_data['categories'] ) ) {
 			foreach ( $pattern_data['categories'] as $key => $category ) {
 				$category_slug = _wp_to_kebab_case( $category );
 
 				$pattern_data['categories'][ $key ] = $category_slug;
 
-				$label = isset( $this->category_labels[ $category_slug ] ) ? $this->category_labels[ $category_slug ] : self::kebab_to_capital_case( $category_slug );
+				$label = $category_labels[ $category_slug ] ?? self::kebab_to_capital_case( $category_slug );
 
 				register_block_pattern_category(
 					$category_slug,