# Medel vs Merkel

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Medel
*name · IPA [meˈð̞el] · frequency rank #42,026*
Apellido.

### Merkel
*name · IPA [ˈmɜːkəl] · frequency rank #16,642*
Apellido

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