# ire vs Irene

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ire
*noun · IPA /aɪ.ɚ/ · frequency rank #21,834*
Iron.

### 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.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ire-vs-irene