# tome vs tore

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tome
*noun · IPA /təʊm/ · frequency rank #22,247*
One in a series of volumes.

### tore
*adjective · IPA /tɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #11,139*
Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.

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