# erred vs Errol

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### erred
*verb · IPA /ɜːd/ · frequency rank #36,542*
simple past and past participle of err

### 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/erred-vs-errol