# Olson vs Olsson

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Olson
*name · IPA /ˈoʊlsən/ · frequency rank #19,405*
A patrilineal surname from Swedish.

### Olsson
*name · frequency rank #48,942*
A surname from Swedish [in turn from Old Norse].

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