# hardly vs Harold

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hardly
*adverb · IPA /ˈhɑːdli/ · frequency rank #2,834*
Barely, only just, almost not.

### Harold
*name · IPA /ˈhæɹ.əld/ · frequency rank #6,791*
A male given name from Old English or Old Norse.

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