# honky vs howdy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### honky
*noun · frequency rank #37,494*
A white (Caucasian) person.

### howdy
*intj · IPA /ˈhaʊdi/ · frequency rank #26,116*
An informal greeting.

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