# talks vs Tans

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### talks
*noun · IPA /ˈtɔːks/ · frequency rank #2,467*
plural of talk

### Tans
*noun · frequency rank #43,954*
The Black and Tans, a British irregular army group operating against Irish republicans in the War of Independence 1920/21.

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