# Odessa vs Orissa

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Odessa
*name · IPA /əʊˈdɛsə/ · frequency rank #22,455*
A locale in Ukraine:

### Orissa
*name · frequency rank #35,858*
Former name of Odisha: A state in eastern India.

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