# Zhao vs zhou

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Zhao
*name · IPA /ʒaʊ/ · frequency rank #21,984*
A former city-state in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, under the Zhou.

### zhou
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒoʊ/ · frequency rank #17,749*
Synonym of congee, a thick rice porridge.

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