# Ricardo vs Richards

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ricardo
*name · IPA /ɹɪˈkɑɹdoʊ/ · frequency rank #17,018*
A male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Richard.

### Richards
*name · frequency rank #8,978*
An English and Welsh patronymic surname from the given name Richard.

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