# locust vs lousy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### locust
*noun · IPA /ˈləʊ.kəst/ · frequency rank #28,979*
Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, especially migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria).

### lousy
*adjective · IPA /ˈlaʊ.zi/ · frequency rank #19,383*
Remarkably bad; of poor quality.

## Source
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