# nitty vs nutty

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nitty
*adjective · IPA /ˈnɪtiː/ · frequency rank #41,785*
Full of nits.

### nutty
*adjective · IPA /ˈnʌti/ · frequency rank #22,752*
Containing nuts.

## Source
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