# kirk vs kook

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### kirk
*noun · IPA /kɜːk/ · frequency rank #8,951*
A church.

### kook
*noun · IPA /kuːk/ · frequency rank #43,741*
An eccentric, strange or crazy person.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kirk-vs-kook