# Russel vs Russell

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Russel
*name · IPA /ˈɹʌsəl/ · frequency rank #28,001*
A surname transferred from the nickname, a rather rare spelling variant of Russell.

### Russell
*name · IPA /ˈɹʌsəl/ · frequency rank #4,119*
An English, Scottish and Irish surname transferred from the nickname from the Norman nickname for someone with red hair.

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