# wadi vs wiki

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wadi
*noun · IPA /ˈwɑdi/ · frequency rank #37,278*
A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

### wiki
*noun · IPA /ˈwɪki/ · frequency rank #12,888*
A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

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