# Cruz vs Cyrus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Cruz
*name · IPA /kɹuːz/ · frequency rank #6,350*
A surname from Ibero-Romance.

### Cyrus
*name · IPA /ˈsaɪɹəs/ · frequency rank #9,159*
An ancient king of Persia, Cyrus the Great.

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