# Louisa vs louse

> 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.

### louse
*noun · IPA /laʊs/ · frequency rank #47,167*
A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

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