# Lars vs lyra

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lars
*name · frequency rank #17,172*
A male given name from Latin occasionally given to Anglophones.

### lyra
*noun · frequency rank #34,971*
The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain.

## Source
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