# diabetes vs diameter

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### diabetes
*noun · IPA /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/ · frequency rank #5,413*
Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.

### diameter
*noun · IPA /daɪˈæmɪtə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #6,230*
Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the centre/center of the circle; a chord that passes through the center of the circle.

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