# Daly vs dams

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Daly
*name · IPA /ˈdeɪli/ · frequency rank #16,000*
A surname from Irish.

### dams
*noun · IPA /dæmz/ · frequency rank #14,503*
plural of dam

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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