# whales vs Wiles

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### whales
*noun · IPA /weɪlz/ · frequency rank #10,154*
plural of whale

### Wiles
*name · frequency rank #41,472*
A surname transferred from the nickname. A patronymic form of Wile.

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