# prison vs proton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### prison
*noun · IPA /ˈpɹɪzn̩/ · frequency rank #1,670*
A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

### proton
*noun · IPA /ˈpɹəʊ.tɒn/ · frequency rank #16,779*
A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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