# Jie vs Joe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Jie
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒjɛ/ · frequency rank #40,308*
An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.

### Joe
*name · IPA /d͡ʒəʊ/ · frequency rank #1,727*
A diminutive of the male given names Joseph, Josiah, Joel, or Josias.

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