# ia vs Ivan

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ia
*intj · IPA [iːˈʔaː] · frequency rank #26,056*
besonderer Tierlaut des Esels

### Ivan
*name · IPA [ˈiːvaːn] · frequency rank #12,944*
männlicher Vorname

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