# addled vs Adele

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### addled
*verb · IPA /ˈæ.dəld/ · frequency rank #49,172*
simple past and past participle of addle

### Adele
*name · IPA /əˈdɛl/ · frequency rank #15,947*
A female given name from the Germanic languages.

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