# Casey vs ceased

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Casey
*name · IPA /ˈkeɪsi/ · frequency rank #7,534*
A surname from Irish.

### ceased
*verb · IPA /siːst/ · frequency rank #9,450*
simple past and past participle of cease

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