# Sufi vs sumo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sufi
*noun · frequency rank #32,611*
A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.

### sumo
*noun · IPA /ˈsuːməʊ/ · frequency rank #26,985*
A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.

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