# choke vs cone

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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).

### cone
*noun · IPA /ˈkəʊn/ · frequency rank #9,153*
A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.

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