# Lyon vs lyra

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lyon
*name · frequency rank #9,625*
The third largest city in France; the capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

### lyra
*noun · frequency rank #34,971*
The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain.

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