# diet vs dikes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### diet
*noun · IPA /ˈdaɪət/ · frequency rank #2,622*
The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.

### dikes
*noun · frequency rank #49,870*
plural of dike

## Source
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