# nao vs narco

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### narco
*noun · IPA /ˈnɑːkəʊ/ · frequency rank #48,915*
Narcotics.

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