# O'Neal vs O'Neil

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### O'Neal
*name · frequency rank #26,529*
A surname from Irish, variant of O'Neill.

### O'Neil
*name · frequency rank #28,311*
A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of O'Neill.

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