# sauna vs Shauna

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sauna
*noun · IPA /ˈsɔː.nə/ · frequency rank #21,054*
A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

### Shauna
*name · IPA /ˈʃɔːnə/ · frequency rank #46,173*
A female given name from Irish, a modern feminine of Shaun (“Sean”).

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