# cha vs ci

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cha
*noun · IPA /t͡ʃɑː/ · frequency rank #11,179*
Tea, (sometimes dialect) specifically masala chai.

### ci
*noun · frequency rank #14,294*
One of the Classical Chinese poetry forms

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cha-vs-ci