# Stafford vs Stanford

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Stafford
*name · IPA /ˈstæfə(ɹ)d/ · frequency rank #13,813*
A placename:

### Stanford
*name · IPA /ˈstænfəɹd/ · frequency rank #7,400*
A habitational surname from Old English.

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