# northward vs Northwood

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### northward
*noun · IPA /ˈnɔɹθwɚd/ · frequency rank #21,881*
The direction or area lying to the north of a place.

### Northwood
*name · IPA /ˈnɔːθwʊd/ · frequency rank #48,384*
A suburb on the North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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