# Barclay vs Berkeley

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Berkeley
*name · IPA /ˈbɑːkli/ · frequency rank #7,887*
A habitational surname from Old English.

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