# Annie vs Annika

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Annie
*name · IPA /ˈæni/ · frequency rank #7,769*
A diminutive of the female given name Ann. Also, a popular given name in the 19th century.

### Annika
*name · frequency rank #43,507*
A female given name from Swedish [in turn from Hebrew], a Swedish diminutive form of Anna.

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