# Kandy vs kinky

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### kinky
*adjective · IPA /ˈkɪŋki/ · frequency rank #17,881*
Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.

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