# Leah vs left

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Leah
*name · IPA /ˈliːə/ · frequency rank #15,649*
The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.

### left
*adjective · IPA /ˈlɛft/ · frequency rank #215*
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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