# denied vs Denzel

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### denied
*verb · IPA /dɪˈnaɪd/ · frequency rank #3,422*
simple past and past participle of deny

### Denzel
*name · IPA /ˈdɛnzɛl/ · frequency rank #29,999*
A male given name popularized by actor Denzel Washington

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