# bingo vs bongo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bingo
*noun · IPA /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #10,990*
A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.

### bongo
*noun · IPA /ˈbɒŋ.ɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #33,958*
A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.

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