# nor vs nut

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nor
*conjunction · IPA /nɔː/ · frequency rank #1,732*
And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).

### nut
*noun · IPA /nʌt/ · frequency rank #6,715*
Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nor-vs-nut