# heron vs Horton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### heron
*noun · IPA /ˈhɛɹən/ · frequency rank #25,783*
Any long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae.

### Horton
*name · IPA /ˈhɔː.tən/ · frequency rank #18,102*
A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.

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