# nears vs Newry

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nears
*verb · IPA /nɪə(ɹ)z/ · frequency rank #33,757*
third-person singular simple present indicative of near

### Newry
*name · IPA /ˈnjʊəɹi/ · frequency rank #41,277*
A city in County Armagh and County Down, Northern Ireland.

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