# Daly vs data

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### data
*noun · IPA /ˈdɑː.tə/ · frequency rank #455*
plural of datum

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