# cacao vs Cairo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cacao
*noun · IPA /kəˈkaʊ/ · frequency rank #34,414*
A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

### Cairo
*name · IPA /ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ/ · frequency rank #9,021*
The capital city of Egypt.

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