# Pattaya

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,326

## Definitions
1. A resort city in Chonburi Province, Thailand.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Thai พัทยา (pát-tá-yaa).

## Easily confused with
- **Patty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pattaya-vs-patty)
- **papaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/papaya-vs-pattaya)

## Common misspellings (8)
`apttaya`, `patatya`, `pataya`, `pattaay`, `pattayya`, `pattyaa`, `ppattaya`, `ptataya`

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