# fancy vs Fanny

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fancy
*noun · IPA /ˈfæn.si/ · frequency rank #3,945*
The imagination.

### Fanny
*name · IPA /ˈfæni/ · frequency rank #15,611*
A diminutive of the female given name Frances, itself also becoming a given name.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fancy-vs-fanny