# Arian vs arid

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### arid
*adjective · IPA /ˈæɹ.ɪd/ · frequency rank #17,762*
Very dry.

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