Pattie or patty?
pattie is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of patty”; patty is a noun meaning “A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round…”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) patty is about 13 times as common as pattie.
What is the difference between pattie and patty?
| pattie | patty | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, adjective |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of patty | AustraliaUSA flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric |
| Example | none recorded | The cook fried the hamburger patty, then put it in a bun |
| Forms | patties | patties |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈpæti/ |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words | 3.8 times per million words |
Sources: pattie and patty in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of pattie and patty
pattie
- 1
Alternative spelling of patty
patty
- 1
AustraliaUSA flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape
The cook fried the hamburger patty, then put it in a bun
- 2
Alternative form of patté
a cross patty
- 3
A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric
- 4
A foolish or stupid person
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, pattie or patty?
pattie appears about once in every 3 million words; patty 3.8 times per million words.
pattie about once in every 3 million wordspatty 3.8 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).