# Irish vs Isis

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Irish
*name · IPA /ˈaɪɹɪʃ/ · frequency rank #2,796*
The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.

### Isis
*name · IPA /ˈaɪ.sɪs/ · frequency rank #4,536*
An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic; also worshiped by (some) Greeks during the Hellenistic period and featured in Greek mythology, and by Romans involved in what was categorized as the Cult of Isis.

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