# note vs Noyes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### note
*noun · IPA /nəʊt/ · frequency rank #973*
A symbol or annotation.

### Noyes
*name · IPA /ˈnɔɪz/ · frequency rank #46,091*
A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Noah.

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