# cask vs CSX

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cask
*noun · IPA /kɑːsk/ · frequency rank #29,208*
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)

### CSX
*name · IPA /ˈsi.ɛsˌɛks/ · frequency rank #48,688*
CSX Transportation, an American Class I freight railroad that operates in the eastern United States and in the southern parts of Ontario and Québec. Its chief competitor is the Norfolk Southern Railway. This railroad formed from a merger with the Chessie System and Seaboard System railroads in the nineteen eighties.

## Source
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