# canto vs canton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### canto
*noun · IPA /ˈkæntəʊ/ · frequency rank #36,474*
One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

### canton
*noun · IPA /ˈkæntən/ · frequency rank #13,879*
A division of a political unit.

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