# Hackney vs hockey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hackney
*name · IPA /hækni/ · frequency rank #23,558*
A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured.

### hockey
*noun · IPA /ˈhɒ.ki/ · frequency rank #3,497*
Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.

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