# Bella vs beluga

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Bella
*name · IPA /ˈbɛlə/ · frequency rank #10,498*
A female given name from Italian.

### beluga
*noun · IPA /bəˈluːɡə/ · frequency rank #42,023*
A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.

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