# co vs CU

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### co
*noun · IPA /kəʊ/ · frequency rank #617*
Clipping of company.

### CU
*noun · frequency rank #13,895*
Initialism of control unit.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/co-vs-cu