# Patna

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,453

## Definitions
1. The capital and largest city of Bihar, India.
2. A district of Bihar, India, containing the city of the same name.

## Etymology
From Hindi पटना (paṭnā), also known as पाटलिपुत्र (pāṭliputra) at one time.

## Easily confused with
- **PTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-pta)
- **pawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-pawn)
- **pats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-pats)
- **pita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-pita)
- **pena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-pena)
- **Paula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-paula)
- **Payne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-payne)
- **Patty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-patty)
- **petra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-petra)
- **Patsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-patsy)
- **Paton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-paton)
- **Putnam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patna-vs-putnam)
- **Pan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pan-vs-patna)
- **pat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pat-vs-patna)
- **pain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pain-vs-patna)
- **path** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/path-vs-patna)
- **papa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/papa-vs-patna)
- **pans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pans-vs-patna)
- **pant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pant-vs-patna)
- **pang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pang-vs-patna)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aptna`, `panta`, `patan`, `patnna`, `pattna`, `ppatna`, `ptana`

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