# heifer vs Hester

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### heifer
*noun · IPA /ˈhɛfə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #47,095*
A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.

### Hester
*name · IPA /ˈhɛstɚ/ · frequency rank #23,859*
A female given name from Persian, of 17th century and later usage.

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