# Opie vs opium

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Opie
*name · frequency rank #38,531*
A surname from Cornish.

### opium
*noun · IPA /ˈoʊ.pi.əm/ · frequency rank #15,875*
A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

## Source
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