# Elias vs Elijah

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Elias
*name · IPA /ɪˈlaɪəs/ · frequency rank #16,700*
A male given name from Hebrew.

### Elijah
*name · IPA /ɪˈlaɪd͡ʒə/ · frequency rank #14,113*
An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.

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