# Sel vs Selby

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sel
*name · frequency rank #35,071*
A diminutive of the female given name Selena.

### Selby
*name · IPA /ˈsɛlbi/ · frequency rank #31,754*
A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6132).

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