# ease vs eyre

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ease
*noun · IPA /iːz/ · frequency rank #4,015*
Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.

### eyre
*noun · IPA /ɛəɹ/ · frequency rank #24,442*
A journey taken by certain Medieval English itinerant judges (justices in eyre)

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