# Russel vs Russia

> 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.

### Russia
*name · IPA /ˈɹʌʃə/ · frequency rank #1,253*
A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.

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