# courtier vs Courtney

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### courtier
*noun · IPA /ˈkɔɹtiɚ/ · frequency rank #44,714*
A person in attendance at a royal court.

### Courtney
*name · IPA /ˈkɔː(ɹ)tni/ · frequency rank #11,856*
A surname from Old French.

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