# stud vs sturt

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stud
*noun · IPA /stʌd/ · frequency rank #10,615*
A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

### sturt
*noun · IPA /stɜː(ɹ)t/ · frequency rank #45,104*
In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.

## Source
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