# gobble vs google

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### gobble
*verb · IPA /ˈɡɒbl̩/ · frequency rank #35,737*
To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

### google
*verb · IPA /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ · frequency rank #1,455*
To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”).

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