# recitation vs refutation

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### recitation
*noun · IPA /ˌɹɛsɪˈteɪʃən/ · frequency rank #32,994*
The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.

### refutation
*noun · IPA /ˌɹɛf.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #46,141*
An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.

## Source
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