# Ariadne vs Arian

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ariadne
*name · IPA /ˈæ.ɹiˌæd.ni/ · frequency rank #48,066*
The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae.

### Arian
*noun · IPA /ˈɛəɹi.ən/ · frequency rank #38,289*
A supporter of the Cyrenaic monk Arius and his faction in the 4th-century Church.

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