# coil vs cons

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### coil
*noun · IPA /kɔɪl/ · frequency rank #10,666*
Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.

### 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/coil-vs-cons