# letters vs lottery

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### letters
*noun · IPA /ˈlɛtɚz/ · frequency rank #2,216*
plural of letter

### lottery
*noun · IPA /ˈlɒtəɹi/ · frequency rank #7,154*
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.

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