# Hara vs hiya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hara
*name · frequency rank #18,330*
A name of Siva.

### hiya
*intj · IPA /ˈhaɪ(j)ə/ · frequency rank #24,783*
An informal greeting, hi, hello.

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