# zebra vs zero

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### zebra
*noun · IPA /ˈzɛbɹə/ · frequency rank #17,279*
Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.

### zero
*num · IPA /ˈzɪəɹəʊ/ · frequency rank #2,377*
The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

## Source
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