# contest vs Cortes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### contest
*noun · IPA /ˈkɒn.tɛst/ · frequency rank #2,826*
Controversy; debate.

### Cortes
*name · frequency rank #35,666*
A surname from Spanish, variant of Cortez

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