# Jane vs Jie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Jane
*name · IPA /d͡ʒeɪn/ · frequency rank #3,503*
A female given name from French, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.

### Jie
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒjɛ/ · frequency rank #40,308*
An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.

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