# Athena vs Athens

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Athena
*name · IPA /əˈθiːnə/ · frequency rank #20,841*
The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.

### Athens
*name · IPA /ˈæθənz/ · frequency rank #8,006*
The capital city of Greece.

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