# nori vs nox

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nori
*noun · frequency rank #47,229*
A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).

### nox
*noun · frequency rank #34,207*
The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night.

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