# Desmond vs diamond

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Desmond
*name · IPA /ˈdɛzmənd/ · frequency rank #16,888*
A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó Deasmhumhnaigh, meaning "a man from South Munster".

### diamond
*noun · IPA /ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/ · frequency rank #3,480*
A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.

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