# Rolf vs ruff

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rolf
*name · IPA /ɹɒlf/ · frequency rank #21,348*
A male given name from the Germanic languages.

### ruff
*noun · IPA /ɹʌf/ · frequency rank #27,272*
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

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