# zoo vs Zooey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### zoo
*noun · IPA /zuː/ · frequency rank #5,750*
A park where live animals are exhibited.

### Zooey
*name · IPA /ˈzoʊ.i/ · frequency rank #48,571*
A female given name from Ancient Greek, 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/zoo-vs-zooey