# Tristan vs Tristram

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tristan
*name · IPA /ˈtɹɪstən/ · frequency rank #17,740*
A male given name from the Celtic languages.

### Tristram
*name · IPA /ˈtɹɪstɹəm/ · frequency rank #41,437*
A male given name from the Celtic languages, variant of Tristan.

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