# Phineas vs phones

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Phineas
*name · frequency rank #32,968*
A male given name from Ancient Greek, Hebrew (פִינְחָס), or Egyptian of biblical origin.

### phones
*noun · IPA /fəʊnz/ · frequency rank #3,324*
plural of phone

## Source
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