# pagoda vs Paola

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pagoda
*noun · IPA /pəˈɡoʊ.də/ · frequency rank #35,009*
A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.

### Paola
*name · frequency rank #41,802*
A female given name from Italian.

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