# lieu vs lily

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lieu
*noun · IPA /ljuː/ · frequency rank #16,062*
A place or stead.

### lily
*noun · IPA /ˈlɪli/ · frequency rank #7,709*
Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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