# Leela vs lemma

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Leela
*name · frequency rank #32,478*
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India, a spelling variant of Lila.

### lemma
*noun · IPA /ˈlɛmə/ · frequency rank #39,896*
A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

## Source
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