# Pardon vs patron

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pardon
*noun · IPA [paʁˈdɔ̃ː] · frequency rank #22,092*
Militärjargon, die Schonung gegnerischen Lebens

### patron
*noun · IPA [ˈpatron] · frequency rank #26,997*
Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs patro

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pardon-vs-patron