# z vs Zoe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### z
*character · IPA /zɛd/ · frequency rank #3,202*
The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed, zee or izzard and written in the Latin script.

### Zoe
*name · IPA /ˈzəʊ.i/ · frequency rank #12,000*
A female given name from Ancient Greek, of common usage, variant of Zoë.

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