# Thompson vs Thomson

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Thompson
*name · IPA /ˈtɒmp.sən/ · frequency rank #4,497*
A British surname transferred from the given name.

### Thomson
*name · IPA /ˈtɒm.sən/ · frequency rank #9,970*
A British surname transferred from the given name.

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