# sodium vs Sodom

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sodium
*noun · IPA /ˈsəʊ.dɪəm/ · frequency rank #8,729*
The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

### Sodom
*name · IPA /ˈsɒ.dəm/ · frequency rank #34,692*
A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, but not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.

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