# downy vs drown

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### downy
*adjective · IPA /ˈdaʊni/ · frequency rank #47,024*
Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.

### drown
*verb · IPA /dɹaʊn/ · frequency rank #11,534*
To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.

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