# Parisian vs patrician

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Parisian
*noun · IPA /pəˈɹɪʒ.ən/ · frequency rank #20,179*
A native, citizen and/or inhabitant of Paris, France

### patrician
*noun · IPA /pəˈtɹɪʃən/ · frequency rank #44,991*
A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.

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