# cans vs cont

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cans
*noun · frequency rank #9,578*
plural of can

### cont
*verb · frequency rank #20,320*
Abbreviation of continue.

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