# Ricardo vs Richard

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ricardo
*name · IPA [ʁiˈkaʁdo] · frequency rank #17,702*
männlicher Vorname

### Richard
*name · IPA [ˈʁɪçaʁt] · frequency rank #2,174*
männlicher Vorname, in etwa „starker Herrscher“

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