# Lorenz vs Lorenzo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lorenz
*name · IPA /ləˈɹɛnz/ · frequency rank #36,227*
A surname from German of Latin origin.

### Lorenzo
*name · frequency rank #15,214*
A surname from Italian or Spanish.

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