# jobs vs Jones

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### jobs
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒɑbz/ · frequency rank #1,122*
plural of job

### Jones
*name · IPA /d͡ʒəʊnz/ · frequency rank #1,904*
An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.

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