# slay vs Stacy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### slay
*verb · IPA /sleɪ/ · frequency rank #18,433*
To kill; to murder.

### Stacy
*name · IPA /ˈsteɪ.si/ · frequency rank #17,501*
An English surname, variant of Stacey.

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