# Paola vs Paula

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Paula
*name · IPA /ˈpɔːlə/ · frequency rank #10,418*
A female given name from Latin.

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