# caries vs cities

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### caries
*noun · IPA [ˈkaɾjes] · frequency rank #30,799*
Destrucción progresiva del diente por la acción de bacterias presentes en la placa dental.

### cities
*noun · IPA [ˈsɪ.tiz] · frequency rank #37,495*
Forma del plural de city.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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