# Lana vs Laura

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lana
*name · IPA /ˈlɑːnə/ · frequency rank #12,453*
A female given name from Russian.

### Laura
*name · IPA /lɑːɹə/ · frequency rank #4,772*
A female given name from Latin.

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