# Jason vs JSON

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Jason
*name · IPA /ˈdʒeɪsən/ · frequency rank #3,241*
The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.

### JSON
*name · IPA /ˈd͡ʒeɪsən/ · frequency rank #39,378*
Initialism of JavaScript Object Notation, a data format used to represent structured data. It is based on JavaScript syntax.

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