# ooze vs ozone

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ooze
*noun · IPA /uːz/ · frequency rank #37,125*
Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.

### ozone
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊzəʊn/ · frequency rank #16,764*
An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.

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