# ebony vs Eton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ebony
*noun · IPA /ˈɛb.ən.i/ · frequency rank #18,548*
A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.

### Eton
*name · IPA /ˈiː.tən/ · frequency rank #25,377*
A town and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965775).

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