# lick vs lion

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lick
*verb · IPA /lɪk/ · frequency rank #10,076*
To stroke with the tongue.

### lion
*noun · IPA /ˈlaɪən/ · frequency rank #4,686*
A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.

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