# ani vs are

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ani
*noun · IPA /ˈɑː.ni/ · frequency rank #22,287*
Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.

### are
*verb · IPA /ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #19*
second-person singular simple present of be

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