# afield vs Ariel

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### afield
*adverb · IPA /əˈfiːld/ · frequency rank #28,808*
Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual). (Often preceded by far, farther, or further.)

### Ariel
*name · IPA /ˈɛɹiəl/ · frequency rank #14,066*
A name for the city of Jerusalem, the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of modern Israel, and the claimed capital city of modern Palestine.

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