# chosen vs Cohen

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chosen
*verb · IPA /ˈt͡ʃəʊ.zən/ · frequency rank #2,431*
past participle of choose

### 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/chosen-vs-cohen