# cob vs Cosby

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cob
*noun · IPA /kɑb/ · frequency rank #27,404*
A corncob.

### Cosby
*name · frequency rank #21,761*
A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495).

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