# plus vs ply

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### plus
*preposition · IPA /plʌs/ · frequency rank #1,202*
And; sum of the previous one and the following one.

### ply
*noun · IPA /plaɪ/ · frequency rank #23,946*
A layer of material.

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