# dock vs docket

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### docket
*noun · IPA /ˈdɒk.ɪt/ · frequency rank #29,633*
A summary; a brief digest.

## Source
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