# Rodney vs Rooney

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rodney
*name · IPA /ˈɹɑdni/ · frequency rank #11,787*
A habitational surname from Old English.

### Rooney
*name · IPA /ˈɹuːni/ · frequency rank #11,284*
A surname from Irish.

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