# irate vs Irene

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### irate
*adjective · IPA /aɪˈɹeɪt/ · frequency rank #37,988*
Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

### Irene
*name · IPA /aɪˈɹiːn/ · frequency rank #11,054*
Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax.

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