# zed vs Zhen

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Zhen
*name · IPA /dʒɛn/ · frequency rank #42,502*
A surname.

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