patty, paddy

Patty or patty means a flattened cake or loaf, as of ground meat or vegetables--
Form the mixture into a patty and fry it in hot oil.
Put some foil between each hamburger patty, so they won't stick.

Paddy or paddy means a rice field, or less commonly, uncut rice--
They will spend weeks harvesting the rice paddy.
She took some lovely photographs of the sun setting over a rice paddy.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"We got some rice fresh from the paddy, added eggs and flour to make a patty, and baked it in the oven."

Note--not to be confused with "Patty", a nickname for "Patricia"--
Does Patty still want to try out for the team?
Or with "Paddy", a nickname for Patrick--
How long will Paddy be staying?
Note # 2--"Patsy" is also a nickname for Patricia--
Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Patsy Cline!
Not to be confused with "patsy", meaning a dupe or scapegoat--
They are looking for a patsy to take the blame for their scam.