# Irvine vs Irwin

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Irvine
*name · IPA /ˈɜɹvɪn/ · frequency rank #13,938*
A river in Ayrshire, Scotland, which flows into the Firth of Clyde near the town of Irvine.

### Irwin
*name · IPA /ˈɝwɪn/ · frequency rank #13,545*
A Scottish or Irish surname originating as a patronymic.

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