# Clio vs Clive

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Clio
*name · IPA /ˈklaɪ.oʊ/ · frequency rank #42,581*
The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.

### Clive
*name · IPA /ˈklaɪv/ · frequency rank #12,563*
A topographic surname from Old English - someone who lived near a cliff (Old English clif).

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