# token vs Tokyo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### token
*noun · IPA /ˈtəʊkən/ · frequency rank #9,410*
Something serving as an expression of something else.

### Tokyo
*name · IPA /ˈtoʊ.ki.oʊ/ · frequency rank #4,558*
A prefecture and capital city of Japan.

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