# courts vs Curtis

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### courts
*noun · IPA /kɔɹts/ · frequency rank #3,224*
plural of court

### Curtis
*name · IPA /ˈkɝtɪs/ · frequency rank #7,784*
An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a refined or courtly person.

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