# loa vs Lorna

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Lorna
*name · frequency rank #26,868*
A female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.

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