# candles vs canoes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### candles
*noun · IPA /ˈkændl̩z/ · frequency rank #9,293*
plural of candle

### canoes
*noun · IPA /kəˈnuːz/ · frequency rank #28,478*
plural of canoe

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