# cayenne vs Cheyenne

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cayenne
*noun · IPA /kaɪˈɛn/ · frequency rank #30,727*
Ellipsis of cayenne pepper.

### Cheyenne
*noun · IPA /ʃaɪˈæn/ · frequency rank #20,311*
A member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America.

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