# Ashoka vs ashore

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ashoka
*name · IPA /əˈʃoʊkə/ · frequency rank #49,766*
An ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.

### ashore
*adverb · IPA /əˈʃɔː/ · frequency rank #14,467*
On the land as opposed to onboard.

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