# Paola vs papa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Paola
*name · frequency rank #41,802*
A female given name from Italian.

### papa
*noun · IPA /pəˈpɑː/ · frequency rank #8,181*
Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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