# Thun vs ton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Thun
*name · frequency rank #47,962*
A city and municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland.

### ton
*noun · IPA /tʌn/ · frequency rank #4,419*
Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun

## Source
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