# husky vs Hussey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### husky
*adjective · IPA /ˈhʌs.ki/ · frequency rank #19,860*
Hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.

### Hussey
*name · frequency rank #35,346*
A habitational surname from Norman.

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