# Leon vs lev

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Leon
*name · IPA /ˈli.ɑn/ · frequency rank #8,059*
A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.

### lev
*noun · IPA /lɛv/ · frequency rank #23,890*
The currency of Bulgaria from 1880 to 2025; divided into 100 stotinki.

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