# Jayne vs Joyce

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Jayne
*name · frequency rank #26,134*
A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.

### Joyce
*name · IPA /d͡ʒɔɪs/ · frequency rank #8,807*
An English and Irish surname originating as a patronymic.

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