# Selena vs Seneca

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Selena
*name · IPA /sɪˈliːnə/ · frequency rank #21,059*
A female given name from Ancient Greek.

### Seneca
*name · IPA /ˈsɛnɪkə/ · frequency rank #22,213*
A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Roman stoic philosopher, dramatist, and statesman.

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