# covey vs COVID

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### covey
*noun · IPA /ˈkʌvi/ · frequency rank #46,402*
A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).

### COVID
*noun · IPA /ˈkəʊvɪd/ · frequency rank #8,774*
Clipping of COVID-19.

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