# cog vs Congo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cog
*noun · IPA /kɒɡ/ · frequency rank #28,496*
A tooth on a gear.

### Congo
*name · IPA /ˈkɒŋɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #10,349*
Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo; official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital: Kinshasa).

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