# star vs stew

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### star
*noun · IPA /stɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #666*
Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.

### stew
*noun · IPA /stʃʉː/ · frequency rank #15,516*
A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.

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