# Waco vs wake

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Waco
*name · IPA /ˈweɪkoʊ/ · frequency rank #28,080*
A city in Georgia, United States.

### wake
*verb · IPA /weɪk/ · frequency rank #1,807*
(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

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