# choir vs choke

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### choir
*noun · IPA /kwaɪə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #8,522*
A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

### choke
*verb · IPA /t͡ʃəʊk/ · frequency rank #10,824*
To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

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