# Wellington vs Wilmington

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wellington
*name · IPA /ˈwɛlɪŋtən/ · frequency rank #9,420*
The capital city of New Zealand in the Wellington region.

### Wilmington
*name · IPA /ˈwɪlmɪŋtən/ · frequency rank #16,624*
A surname.

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