# iris vs IRS

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### iris
*noun · IPA /ˈaɪ.ɹɪs/ · frequency rank #10,228*
A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

### IRS
*name · IPA /ˈaɪ.ɑɹ.ɛs/ · frequency rank #8,440*
Initialism of Internal Revenue Service.

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