# Liam vs loa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Liam
*name · IPA /ˈliːəm/ · frequency rank #7,938*
A male given name from Irish, currently popular in Ireland, England, Scotland, and the United States.

### loa
*noun · IPA /ˈləʊ̯ə/ · frequency rank #32,899*
In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liam-vs-loa