# talkie vs tallies

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### talkie
*noun · IPA /ˈtɔːki/ · frequency rank #36,368*
A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film.

### tallies
*noun · IPA /ˈtaliːs/ · frequency rank #38,644*
plural of tally

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