# Patriot vs patron

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Patriot
*noun · IPA [patʁiˈoːt] · frequency rank #18,652*
eine Person, welche ihr Heimatland liebt

### 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.
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