# lien vs Liu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lien
*noun · IPA /liːn/ · frequency rank #22,422*
A tendon.

### Liu
*name · IPA /ljoʊ/ · frequency rank #10,575*
A surname from Chinese.

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