# Cher vs Cohen

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Cher
*name · IPA /ʃɛɹ/ · frequency rank #18,037*
A department of Centre-Val de Loire, France. Capital: Bourges.

### Cohen
*name · IPA /ˈkoʊən/ · frequency rank #7,322*
A surname from Hebrew. The most popular Jewish surname.

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