# patín vs patrón

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### patín
*noun · IPA [paˈt̪ĩn] · frequency rank #46,109*
Petrel.

### patrón
*noun · IPA [paˈt̪ɾõn] · frequency rank #3,581*
Persona que defiende o protege una causa.

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