# Kelly vs kill

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Kelly
*name · IPA /ˈkɛli/ · frequency rank #3,374*
A surname from Irish, Anglicised from the Irish Ó Ceallaigh.

### kill
*verb · IPA /kɪl/ · frequency rank #852*
To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

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