# tick vs tito

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tick
*noun · IPA /tɪk/ · frequency rank #9,678*
A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

### tito
*noun · frequency rank #19,991*
An uncle.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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