# tönen vs Tonne

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### tönen
*verb · IPA [ˈtøːnən] · frequency rank #13,500*
hörbar sein

### Tonne
*noun · IPA [ˈtɔnə] · frequency rank #9,468*
rundes Behältnis, oft aus Metall bestehend, mit Deckel und/oder Spundloch

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