# kindly vs Kinney

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### kindly
*adjective · IPA /ˈkaɪn(d)li/ · frequency rank #7,150*
Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.

### Kinney
*name · IPA /ˈkɪni/ · frequency rank #32,884*
A surname

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