# Chao vs che

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Chao
*name · IPA /t͡ʃaʊ/ · frequency rank #26,718*
A surname from Chinese.

### che
*noun · frequency rank #15,773*
The letter Ч, ч.

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