# winkle vs Winnie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### winkle
*noun · IPA /ˈwɪŋkəl/ · frequency rank #41,474*
A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.

### Winnie
*name · IPA /ˈwɪni/ · frequency rank #19,256*
A diminutive of the female given name Winifred or, less often, of Winona.

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