# Kandy vs Katy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Kandy
*name · frequency rank #48,843*
A city, the capital of Central Province, Sri Lanka.

### Katy
*name · IPA /ˈkeɪti/ · frequency rank #12,086*
A diminutive of the female given name Katherine, variant of Katie.

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