# Neighbors vs neighbour

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Neighbors
*name · frequency rank #4,780*
A surname.

### neighbour
*noun · IPA /ˈneɪbə/ · frequency rank #11,430*
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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