# corky vs curly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### corky
*adjective · frequency rank #48,156*
Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

### curly
*adjective · IPA /ˈkɝli/ · frequency rank #12,953*
Having curls.

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