# chara vs Chau

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chara
*noun · frequency rank #36,071*
A green alga of the genus Chara.

### Chau
*name · IPA /tʃaʊ/ · frequency rank #43,079*
A surname.

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