# Lombard vs Lombardy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lombard
*noun · IPA /ˈlɒmbɑːd/ · frequency rank #28,980*
A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.

### Lombardy
*name · IPA /ˈlɒmbədi/ · frequency rank #47,165*
An administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley.

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