# capo vs Cath

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### capo
*noun · IPA /ˈkæpəʊ/ · frequency rank #40,162*
A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.

### Cath
*name · IPA /kæθ/ · frequency rank #32,725*
A diminutive of the female given name Catherine.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capo-vs-cath