# Medina vs Medusa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Medina
*name · IPA /məˈdinə/ · frequency rank #19,135*
A major city, the capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hijra was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.

### Medusa
*name · IPA /mɪˈdjuːsə/ · frequency rank #25,473*
The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.

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