# senna vs Sunni

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### senna
*noun · IPA /ˈsɛnə/ · frequency rank #31,341*
Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative.

### Sunni
*adjective · IPA /ˈsʊni/ · frequency rank #15,524*
Belonging or relating to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah) and that places emphasis on the Sahabah.

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