# shell vs Shelley

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shell
*noun · IPA /ʃɛl/ · frequency rank #3,726*
A hard external covering of an animal.

### Shelley
*name · IPA /ˈʃɛli/ · frequency rank #14,215*
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.

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