# Michael vs Michaels

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Michael
*name · IPA /ˈmaɪkəl/ · frequency rank #880*
A male given name from Hebrew.

### Michaels
*name · IPA /ˈmaɪkəlz/ · frequency rank #16,969*
A surname.

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