# Andrea vs Andrews

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Andrea
*name · IPA /ˈændɹi.ə/ · frequency rank #8,509*
A female given name from Ancient Greek.

### Andrews
*name · IPA /ˈæn.dɹuz/ · frequency rank #7,881*
A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Andrew.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/andrea-vs-andrews