# jacks vs Janus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### jacks
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒæks/ · frequency rank #16,950*
plural of jack

### Janus
*name · IPA /ˈd͡ʒeɪnəs/ · frequency rank #28,261*
The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.

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