# Jaffe vs jiffy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Jaffe
*name · frequency rank #38,920*
A surname from Hebrew.

### jiffy
*noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɪ.fi/ · frequency rank #44,873*
A very short, unspecified length of time.

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