# sum vs sura

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sum
*noun · IPA /sʌm/ · frequency rank #4,050*
A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.

### sura
*noun · IPA /ˈsʊə.ɹə/ · frequency rank #49,659*
Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.

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