# Sharkey vs Shirley

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sharkey
*name · IPA /ˈʃɑɹki/ · frequency rank #47,904*
A surname from Irish.

### Shirley
*name · IPA /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)li/ · frequency rank #10,767*
An English habitational surname

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