# lone vs long

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lone
*adjective · IPA /ləʊn/ · frequency rank #8,168*
Solitary; having no companion.

### long
*adjective · IPA /lɒŋ/ · frequency rank #150*
Having much distance in space from one end to the other.

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