# gourd vs gout

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### gourd
*noun · IPA /ɡʊəd/ · frequency rank #36,161*
Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).

### gout
*noun · IPA /ɡaʊt/ · frequency rank #26,806*
An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.

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