# Ikone vs Irene

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ikone
*noun · IPA [iˈkoːnə] · frequency rank #20,623*
Kultbild der orthodoxen Kirchen des byzantinischen Ritus

### Irene
*name · IPA [ˌiˈʁeːnə] · frequency rank #12,314*
weiblicher Vorname

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