# hedge vs Helga

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hedge
*noun · IPA /ˈhɛd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #10,554*
A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

### Helga
*name · IPA /ˈhɛlɡə/ · frequency rank #36,599*
A female given name from Old Norse occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.

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