# Sodom vs sodomy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### sodomy
*noun · IPA /ˈsɒdəmi/ · frequency rank #30,593*
Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal, oral, or manual sex.

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