# Numbers vs numbness

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Numbers
*name · frequency rank #1,126*
The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

### numbness
*noun · frequency rank #33,344*
Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.

## Source
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