# Borgia vs Boris

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Borgia
*name · frequency rank #44,655*
A surname. Famously borne by the House of Borgia, a prominent family during the Renaissance.

### Boris
*name · IPA /ˈbɒɹɪs/ · frequency rank #8,643*
A male given name from the Slavic languages.

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