# Katharine vs Katherine

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Katharine
*name · frequency rank #24,808*
A female given name from Ancient Greek.

### Katherine
*name · IPA /ˈkæθ(ə)ɹɪn/ · frequency rank #9,202*
A female given name from Ancient Greek, a popular spelling variant of Catherine.

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