# Janet vs Jansen

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Janet
*name · IPA /ˈd͡ʒænɪt/ · frequency rank #7,572*
A female given name.

### Jansen
*name · IPA /ˈd͡ʒænsən/ · frequency rank #29,702*
A surname from Dutch.

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