# tarsus vs torus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tarsus
*noun · IPA /ˈtɑː.səs/ · frequency rank #45,692*
The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.

### torus
*noun · IPA /ˈtɔː.ɹəs/ · frequency rank #49,104*
The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).

## Source
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