# sore vs stone

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sore
*adjective · IPA /sɔː/ · frequency rank #7,289*
Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

### stone
*noun · IPA /stəʊ̯n/ · frequency rank #1,676*
A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.

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