# Lorena vs Loretta

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lorena
*name · frequency rank #44,909*
A female given name from Italian.

### Loretta
*name · IPA /ˌləˈɹɛtə/ · frequency rank #20,419*
A female given name from Latin, variant of Lauretta, Italian diminutive of Laura; or a form of Loreto.

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