# Edo vs erg

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Edo
*name · IPA /ˈɛdəʊ/ · frequency rank #22,067*
Former name of Tokyo: the capital city of Japan

### erg
*noun · IPA /ɜːɡ/ · frequency rank #48,222*
A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10⁻⁷ joules.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edo-vs-erg