# Whyte vs wye

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Whyte
*name · frequency rank #27,340*
A surname.

### wye
*noun · IPA /ˈwaɪ/ · frequency rank #38,694*
The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.

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