# err vs Errol

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### err
*verb · IPA /ɜː/ · frequency rank #17,359*
To make a mistake.

### Errol
*name · IPA /ˈɛɹəl/ · frequency rank #31,969*
A male given name transferred from the surname, popularized by American Actor Errol Flynn.

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