# weenie vs weevil

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### weenie
*noun · frequency rank #46,264*
Alternative form of wienie (“sausage”).

### weevil
*noun · IPA /ˈwiːv(ə)l/ · frequency rank #40,515*
Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.

## Source
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