# rudd vs Ruhr

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### rudd
*noun · IPA /ɹʌd/ · frequency rank #21,643*
Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.

### Ruhr
*name · IPA /ɹʊɚ/ · frequency rank #47,879*
A river in North Rhine-Westphalia, a branch of the river Rhine and its basin.

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