# coco vs cons

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### coco
*noun · IPA /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/ · frequency rank #15,131*
Coconut palm.

### cons
*noun · IPA /ˈkɑnz/ · frequency rank #10,183*
A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

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