# Adele vs adobe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### adobe
*noun · IPA /əˈdəʊ.bi/ · frequency rank #14,259*
An unburnt brick dried in the sun.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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