# Greece vs Greene

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Greece
*name · IPA /ɡɹiːs/ · frequency rank #4,453*
A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.

### Greene
*name · IPA /ɡɹiːn/ · frequency rank #10,220*
A surname from Middle English, a variant of Green.

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