# Oban vs opal

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Oban
*name · IPA /ˈəʊbən/ · frequency rank #48,935*
A town in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM8530).

### opal
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊpəl/ · frequency rank #22,458*
A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO₂·nH₂O.

## Source
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