# patio

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpæt.i.əʊ/ · frequency rank #16,297

## Definitions
1. A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
2. An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain.

## Etymology
From Spanish patio, either from Old Occitan patu or pati (compare Occitan and Catalan pati), from Late Latin pactus, from Latin pactum (“pact, agreement, bargain”), hence a doublet of pact, or alternatively from Latin patēre (“to lie open”).

## Easily confused with
- **PTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-pto)
- **pats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-pats)
- **Putin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-putin)
- **Patty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-patty)
- **Plato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-plato)
- **petit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-petit)
- **polio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-polio)
- **Patsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-patsy)
- **Patna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-patna)
- **Paton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-paton)
- **patrol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-patrol)
- **patron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-patron)
- **Patton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-patton)
- **potion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-potion)
- **patriot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patio-vs-patriot)
- **pat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pat-vs-patio)
- **pao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pao-vs-patio)
- **paid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paid-vs-patio)
- **pain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pain-vs-patio)
- **pair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pair-vs-patio)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aptio`, `paito`, `patoi`, `pattio`, `ppatio`, `ptaio`

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