# Fergie vs Ferris

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Fergie
*name · frequency rank #32,396*
A nickname for someone with a surname that starts with "Ferg".

### Ferris
*name · frequency rank #17,139*
A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Fergus and/or from the Norman surname Ferrers.

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