# coca vs coy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### coca
*noun · IPA /ˈkəʊ.kə/ · frequency rank #12,206*
Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.

### coy
*adjective · IPA /kɔɪ/ · frequency rank #25,336*
Bashful, shy, retiring.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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