# ruff vs rune

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ruff
*noun · IPA /ɹʌf/ · frequency rank #27,272*
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

### rune
*noun · IPA /ɹuːn/ · frequency rank #28,704*
A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.

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