# Hays vs Hoya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hays
*name · IPA /heɪz/ · frequency rank #22,700*
A surname.

### Hoya
*noun · frequency rank #44,262*
A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hays-vs-hoya