# Cassidy vs Cassie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Cassidy
*name · IPA /ˈkæsɪdi/ · frequency rank #15,361*
A surname from Irish anglicized from Ó Caiside (“descendant of Caiside”). Caiside is a byname from Irish cas (“curly”) meaning “curly-haired”.

### Cassie
*name · IPA /ˈkæsi/ · frequency rank #19,778*
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/cassidy-vs-cassie