# château vs Chatham

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### château
*noun · IPA /ˈʃæ.təʊ/ · frequency rank #33,981*
A French castle, fortress, manor house, or large country house.

### 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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