# Louisa vs Louise

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### Louise
*name · IPA /luːˈiːz/ · frequency rank #7,155*
A female given name from French.

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