# ridley

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #18,680

## Definitions
1. Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

## Etymology
Unknown origin.

## Easily confused with
- **rifle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridley-vs-rifle)
- **Riley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridley-vs-riley)
- **rifles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridley-vs-rifles)
- **Rodney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridley-vs-rodney)
- **Ripley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridley-vs-ripley)
- **Rowley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridley-vs-rowley)
- **ride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ride-vs-ridley)
- **ridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridge-vs-ridley)
- **rides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rides-vs-ridley)
- **rider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rider-vs-ridley)
- **ridden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridden-vs-ridley)
- **riddle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riddle-vs-ridley)
- **ridges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridges-vs-ridley)
- **Rickey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rickey-vs-ridley)
- **Radley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radley-vs-ridley)
- **riddled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riddled-vs-ridley)
- **Riddles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riddles-vs-ridley)
- **riddler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riddler-vs-ridley)

## Common misspellings (9)
`irdley`, `rdiley`, `riddley`, `ridely`, `ridleyy`, `ridlley`, `ridlye`, `rildey`, `rridley`

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