# Canaries vs carries

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Canaries
*name · IPA /kəˈnɛəɹiːz/ · frequency rank #39,233*
The Canary Islands: An archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco.

### carries
*verb · IPA /ˈkæɹ.ɪz/ · frequency rank #4,831*
third-person singular simple present indicative of carry

## Source
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