# Cinco vs Cindy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Cinco
*name · frequency rank #36,489*
A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

### Cindy
*name · IPA /ˈsɪndi/ · frequency rank #13,300*
A diminutive of the female given name Cynthia and Lucinda; also used as a formal 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/cinco-vs-cindy