# Debra vs decry

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Debra
*name · IPA /ˈdɛbɹə/ · frequency rank #19,572*
A female given name from Hebrew popular in the 1950s and the 1960s.

### decry
*verb · IPA /dɪˈkɹaɪ/ · frequency rank #47,010*
To denounce as harmful.

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