# Isaac vs issa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Isaac
*name · IPA /ˈaɪzək/ · frequency rank #7,933*
The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.

### issa
*contraction · IPA /ˈɪsə/ · frequency rank #21,249*
Contraction of it's + a.

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