# chow vs cook

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chow
*noun · IPA /t͡ʃaʊ/ · frequency rank #16,434*
Food, especially snacks.

### cook
*noun · IPA /kʊk/ · frequency rank #2,248*
A person who prepares food.

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