# Scully

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #21,649

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe.

## Easily confused with
- **silly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scully-vs-silly)
- **skull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scully-vs-skull)
- **sully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scully-vs-sully)
- **surly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scully-vs-surly)
- **shelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scully-vs-shelly)
- **smelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scully-vs-smelly)
- **sculpt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scully-vs-sculpt)
- **scurvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scully-vs-scurvy)
- **scurry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scully-vs-scurry)
- **sally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sally-vs-scully)
- **scaly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaly-vs-scully)

## Common misspellings (8)
`csully`, `sccully`, `scluly`, `scullyy`, `sculy`, `sculyl`, `sscully`, `suclly`

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