# Paterno vs Patiño

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Paterno
*name · IPA [paˈt̪eɾno] · frequency rank #25,393*
Nombre de pila de varón.

### Patiño
*name · IPA [paˈt̪iɲo] · frequency rank #25,394*
Apellido.

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