# Candice vs candida

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Candice
*name · frequency rank #24,695*
A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Candace.

### candida
*noun · frequency rank #34,816*
A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans

## Source
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