# Patricia vs Patrick

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Patricia
*name · IPA /pəˈtɹɪʃə/ · frequency rank #10,248*
A female given name from Latin.

### Patrick
*name · IPA /ˈpætɹɪk/ · frequency rank #3,832*
A male given name.

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