# Shipley vs smiley

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Shipley
*name · IPA /ˈʃɪpli/ · frequency rank #38,161*
A number of places in England:

### smiley
*adjective · IPA /ˈsmaɪli/ · frequency rank #17,247*
Cheerful and happy; smiling.

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