# teak vs toad

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### teak
*noun · IPA /tiːk/ · frequency rank #35,552*
An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).

### toad
*noun · IPA /toʊd/ · frequency rank #18,717*
An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.

## Source
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