# nao vs Naomi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nao
*noun · IPA /naʊ/ · frequency rank #31,671*
A Spanish or Portuguese carrack.

### Naomi
*name · IPA /naɪˈəʊmi/ · frequency rank #12,108*
The mother-in-law of the Biblical figure Ruth.

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