# Europa vs Europe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Europa
*name · IPA /jʊˈɹoʊpə/ · frequency rank #12,968*
Several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus.

### Europe
*name · IPA /ˈjʊə.ɹəp/ · frequency rank #968*
A continent located west of Asia (separated by the Urals), north of Africa and east of the Atlantic Ocean.

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