# Arian, Aryan

> English homophone group · 2 words that sound the same · /ˈɛəɹi.ən/

These English words share one pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning.

## The words

### Arian
*/ˈɛəɹi.ən/*
A supporter of the Cyrenaic monk Arius and his faction in the 4th-century Church.

### Aryan
*/ˈɛəɹi.ən/*
A member of a race defined variously as comprising people of Germanic descent, in the narrowest sense, or all non-Jewish Caucasians, in the broadest sense

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA); groups derived from IPA pronunciation. Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/homophones/arian