# Lois vs Louisa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lois
*name · IPA /ˈləʊ.ɪs/ · frequency rank #14,787*
The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.

### Louisa
*name · IPA /luːˈiːzə/ · frequency rank #19,889*
A female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century.

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