# kaya vs Kaye

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### kaya
*noun · IPA /ˈkaɪə/ · frequency rank #30,470*
Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.

### Kaye
*name · IPA /ˈkeɪ/ · frequency rank #26,136*
A surname from Middle English, spelling variant of Kay.

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