# Katie vs Kato

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Katie
*name · IPA /ˈkeɪti/ · frequency rank #7,574*
A diminutive of the female given name Catherine or any of its variant spellings.

### Kato
*name · frequency rank #28,272*
A surname from Japanese.

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