# desk vs dock

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### desk
*noun · IPA /dɛsk/ · frequency rank #3,423*
A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

### dock
*noun · IPA /dɒk/ · frequency rank #7,218*
Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.

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