# stove vs strobe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stove
*noun · IPA /stəʊv/ · frequency rank #11,128*
A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.

### strobe
*noun · IPA /stɹəʊb/ · frequency rank #37,711*
A stroboscopic lamp: a device used to produce regular flashes of light.

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