# genie vs Gini

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### genie
*noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/ · frequency rank #16,924*
A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

### Gini
*name · IPA /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/ · frequency rank #42,666*
A surname from Italian.

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