# Zhao vs Zia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Zhao
*name · IPA /ʒaʊ/ · frequency rank #21,984*
A former city-state in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, under the Zhou.

### Zia
*name · frequency rank #34,357*
A male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims.

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