# cries vs curie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cries
*verb · IPA /kɹaɪ̯z/ · frequency rank #7,901*
third-person singular simple present indicative of cry

### curie
*noun · frequency rank #33,599*
3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.

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