# novella vs novels

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### novella
*noun · IPA /nəˈvɛlə/ · frequency rank #26,188*
A short novel or long short story.

### novels
*noun · IPA /ˈnɑvl̩z/ · frequency rank #6,074*
plural of novel

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