# Elise vs Elissa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Elise
*name · IPA /ˈiːliːs/ · frequency rank #20,623*
A female given name from Hebrew.

### Elissa
*name · IPA /əˈlɪs.ə/ · frequency rank #45,904*
Dido, queen of Carthage.

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