# zhou vs Zoe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Zoe
*name · IPA /ˈzəʊ.i/ · frequency rank #12,000*
A female given name from Ancient Greek, of common usage, variant of Zoë.

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