# spades vs Sparks

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### spades
*noun · IPA /speɪdz/ · frequency rank #24,318*
plural of spade

### Sparks
*name · frequency rank #10,279*
A surname from Old Norse.

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