# Shelby vs shelly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Shelby
*name · IPA /ˈʃɛlbi/ · frequency rank #13,810*
A surname from Old English.

### shelly
*adjective · IPA /ˈʃɛli/ · frequency rank #19,457*
Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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