# soy vs SQL

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### soy
*noun · IPA /sɔɪ/ · frequency rank #12,504*
A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

### SQL
*noun · IPA /ɛs kjuː ɛl/ · frequency rank #17,725*
Initialism of Structured Query Language.

## Source
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