# Nobel vs novel

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Nobel
*name · IPA /nəʊˈbɛl/ · frequency rank #9,073*
A surname from Swedish, especially referring to Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and philanthropist.

### novel
*adjective · IPA /ˈnɒvəl/ · frequency rank #2,360*
Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.

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