# remains vs romaine

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### remains
*noun · IPA /ɹɪˈmeɪnz/ · frequency rank #1,672*
The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

### romaine
*noun · IPA /ɹoʊˈmeɪn/ · frequency rank #45,056*
Ellipsis of romaine lettuce (“a type of lettuce having long crisp leaves forming a slender head”).

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