# Elsa vs Etta

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Elsa
*name · IPA /ˈɛlsə/ · frequency rank #16,462*
A female given name from German or Hebrew.

### Etta
*name · IPA /ˈɛtə/ · frequency rank #40,685*
A short form of Henrietta or of other female given names ending in -etta.

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