# alkali vs Anjali

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### alkali
*noun · IPA /ˈæl.kəˌlaɪ/ · frequency rank #31,053*
One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

### Anjali
*name · frequency rank #40,556*
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

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