# cook vs cork

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cook
*noun · IPA /kʊk/ · frequency rank #2,248*
A person who prepares food.

### cork
*noun · IPA /kɔɹk/ · frequency rank #11,007*
The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.

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