# Rico vs Rizzo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rico
*name · IPA /ˈɹiːkoʊ/ · frequency rank #7,492*
A diminutive of the male given names Ricardo, Federico, or Enrico.

### Rizzo
*name · frequency rank #26,579*
A surname from Italian.

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