# called vs Cally

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### called
*verb · IPA /kɔːld/ · frequency rank #231*
simple past and past participle of call

### Cally
*name · frequency rank #47,518*
A female given name.

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