# lieu vs lipa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### lipa
*noun · IPA /ˈlipə/ · frequency rank #47,730*
A former subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lieu-vs-lipa