# Patton vs Payton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Patton
*name · IPA /ˈpætən/ · frequency rank #17,204*
A surname.

### Payton
*name · frequency rank #25,520*
A habitational surname from Old English.

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