# Jamal vs James

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Jamal
*name · frequency rank #14,781*
A male given name from Arabic.

### James
*name · IPA /d͡ʒeɪmz/ · frequency rank #809*
The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.

## Source
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