# Petrie vs Petrov

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Petrie
*name · frequency rank #30,175*
A surname transferred from the given name.

### 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/petrie-vs-petrov