# Jelena vs Jena

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Jelena
*name · IPA /jɛˈleɪnə/ · frequency rank #41,709*
A transliteration of the Russian female given name Еле́на (Jeléna), equivalent to Helen.

### Jena
*name · IPA /ˈjeɪnə/ · frequency rank #34,944*
An independent city in Thuringia, Germany.

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