# sepia vs Sonia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sepia
*noun · IPA /ˈsiːpiə/ · frequency rank #38,157*
A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.

### Sonia
*name · frequency rank #14,224*
A female given name from Russian (the usual UK spelling of the name which is spelled Sonya in the US).

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