# Barclay vs barely

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Barclay
*name · IPA /ˈbɑː.kli/ · frequency rank #22,583*
A surname.

### barely
*adverb · IPA /ˈbɛə(ɹ).li/ · frequency rank #3,041*
By a small margin.

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