# zed vs Zelda

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### zed
*noun · IPA /zɛd/ · frequency rank #28,438*
The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

### Zelda
*name · IPA /ˈzɛldə/ · frequency rank #14,054*
A female given name from the Germanic languages.

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