# Northwood vs Norwood

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Norwood
*name · IPA /nɔːwʊd/ · frequency rank #21,882*
A habitational surname from toponymy.

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