# squash vs squaw

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### squash
*noun · IPA /skwɒʃ/ · frequency rank #12,506*
A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.

### squaw
*noun · IPA /skwɔː/ · frequency rank #42,917*
A woman, wife; especially a Native American woman.

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