# Darrell vs Darryl

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Darrell
*name · IPA /ˈdæɹɪɫ/ · frequency rank #22,342*
A surname from Old French.

### Darryl
*name · IPA /ˈdæɹɪɫ/ · frequency rank #20,084*
A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Darrell.

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