# Ilya vs Iona

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ilya
*name · frequency rank #34,927*
A male given name from Russian.

### Iona
*name · IPA /aɪˈonə/ · frequency rank #37,987*
A small island in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.

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