# Medea vs meme

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Medea
*name · IPA /mɪˈdiːə/ · frequency rank #38,964*
An enchantress who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.

### meme
*noun · IPA /miːm/ · frequency rank #8,170*
Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.

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