# cocoa vs colon

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cocoa
*noun · IPA /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/ · frequency rank #12,207*
The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.

### colon
*noun · IPA /ˈkəʊ.lən/ · frequency rank #12,945*
The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

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