# sandman vs Sandown

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sandman
*noun · IPA /ˈsænd.mæn/ · frequency rank #29,823*
A figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes.

### Sandown
*name · frequency rank #47,318*
A town and civil parish with a town council on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5984). , from Old English sand and hamm, meaning 'the sandy enclosure or river-meadow'.

## Source
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