# Achilles vs Antilles

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Achilles
*name · IPA /əˈkɪliːz/ · frequency rank #15,559*
A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

### Antilles
*name · IPA /ænˈtɪl.iːz/ · frequency rank #39,187*
The islands of the West Indies, bounded to the north by (and including) the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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