# harden vs Harvey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### harden
*verb · IPA /ˈhɑɹdn̩/ · frequency rank #14,554*
To become hard.

### Harvey
*name · IPA /ˈhɑːvi/ · frequency rank #5,600*
A surname transferred from the given name.

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