# petri vs Petrov

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### petri
*noun · IPA /ˈpiːtɹi/ · frequency rank #29,786*
Ellipsis of petri dish.

### Petrov
*name · frequency rank #39,476*
A patrilineal surname from Bulgarian

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