# Willi vs William

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Willi
*name · frequency rank #42,994*
A surname from German.

### William
*noun · IPA /ˈwɪl.i.əm/ · frequency rank #1,414*
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter W.

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