# westward vs Westwood

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### westward
*adjective · IPA /ˈwɛst.wɚd/ · frequency rank #18,462*
Lying toward the west.

### Westwood
*name · frequency rank #19,504*
A number of places in England:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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