# Taipei vs taper

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Taipei
*name · IPA /taɪˈpeɪ/ · frequency rank #19,226*
The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan.

### taper
*noun · IPA /ˈteɪpə/ · frequency rank #19,713*
A slender wax candle.

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