# tinge vs tongue

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tinge
*noun · IPA /tɪnd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #35,988*
A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.

### tongue
*noun · IPA /tʌŋ/ · frequency rank #3,853*
The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

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