# Cathay vs Chatham

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Cathay
*name · IPA /kæˈθeɪ/ · frequency rank #37,846*
China, specifically medieval northern China as reached by the overland Silk Road to Xi'an or Beijing, not known at the time to be related to southern China as reached by the maritime routes to Guangzhou.

### Chatham
*name · IPA /ˈtʃæt.əm/ · frequency rank #20,058*
A port and town on the River Medway in Kent, England; the home of the Royal dockyard.

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