# Cody vs Colby

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Cody
*name · IPA /ˈkəʊdi/ · frequency rank #10,013*
A surname from Irish anglicized from Ó Cuidighthigh (“descendant of Cuidightheach (“helpful”)”).

### Colby
*name · IPA /ˈkəʊl.bi/ · frequency rank #20,883*
A placename:

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