# sank vs sari

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sank
*verb · IPA /ˈsæŋk/ · frequency rank #11,288*
simple past of sink

### sari
*noun · IPA /ˈsɑː.ɹi/ · frequency rank #26,953*
The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.

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