# Austen vs Austin

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Austen
*name · IPA /ˈɒstɪn/ · frequency rank #19,526*
An English surname transferred from the given name; a variant of Austin.

### Austin
*name · IPA /ˈɔːstɪn/ · frequency rank #3,861*
A male given name from Old French, of Anglo-Norman origin.

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