# misery vs Mishra

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### misery
*noun · IPA /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ/ · frequency rank #8,454*
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

### Mishra
*name · frequency rank #37,100*
A surname from Sanskrit.

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