# Elissa vs Eliza

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Eliza
*name · IPA /ɪˈlaɪzə/ · frequency rank #15,394*
A female given name from Hebrew, popular in the 19th century.

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