# hells vs Howells

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hells
*noun · IPA /hɛlz/ · frequency rank #26,457*
plural of hell

### Howells
*name · frequency rank #43,696*
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/hells-vs-howells