# Janis vs Jones

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Janis
*name · IPA /ˈd͡ʒænɪs/ · frequency rank #26,848*
A female given name.

### Jones
*name · IPA /d͡ʒəʊnz/ · frequency rank #1,904*
An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.

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