# Cecil vs Cecily

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Cecil
*name · IPA /ˈsiːsəl/ · frequency rank #14,716*
A unisex given name from Latin.

### Cecily
*name · frequency rank #45,258*
A female given name from Latin, from the medieval vernacular form of Cecilia.

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