# Rachael vs Rafael

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rachael
*name · frequency rank #23,960*
A female given name from Hebrew, a spelling variant of Rachel first recorded in the 17th century.

### Rafael
*name · frequency rank #11,769*
A male given name, variant of Raphael.

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