# Cairns vs Cairo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Cairns
*name · IPA /kɛənz/ · frequency rank #19,776*
A surname.

### 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.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cairns-vs-cairo