# André vs Andrei

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### André
*name · IPA /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/ · frequency rank #20,833*
A male given name from French or Portuguese, borrowed from the French and Portuguese form of Andrew.

### Andrei
*name · IPA /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/ · frequency rank #21,437*
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Андре́й (Andréj), equivalent to Andrew.

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