# Hornsby vs horny

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hornsby
*name · frequency rank #49,404*
A habitational surname from Old Norse.

### horny
*adjective · IPA /ˈhɔːni/ · frequency rank #9,763*
Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.

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