# Vesta vs veto

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Vesta
*name · IPA /ˈvɛstə/ · frequency rank #48,002*
The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.

### veto
*noun · IPA /ˈviːtəʊ/ · frequency rank #12,165*
A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

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