# zoo

> English word · Noun · IPA /zuː/ · frequency rank #5,750

## Definitions
1. A park where live animals are exhibited.
2. Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
3. A large and varied collection of something.
4. The jungle.
5. Clipping of zoophile.
6. Clipping of zoophile.

## Etymology
Clipping of zoological garden or zoological park, now the usual form. See zoology.
Sense 5 is a clipping of zoophile or zoophilia.

## Easily confused with
- **zoom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zoo-vs-zoom)
- **zorro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zoo-vs-zorro)
- **Zooey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zoo-vs-zooey)
- **z** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/z-vs-zoo)
- **za** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/za-vs-zoo)
- **ze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ze-vs-zoo)
- **Zo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zo-vs-zoo)
- **zip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zip-vs-zoo)
- **Zen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zen-vs-zoo)
- **Zoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zoe-vs-zoo)
- **zac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zac-vs-zoo)
- **zee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zee-vs-zoo)
- **zhu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zhu-vs-zoo)
- **zig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zig-vs-zoo)
- **zak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zak-vs-zoo)
- **zed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zed-vs-zoo)
- **zap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zap-vs-zoo)
- **Zia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zia-vs-zoo)
- **z's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/z-s-vs-zoo)
- **zag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zag-vs-zoo)

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