# tome vs trope

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### trope
*noun · IPA /tɹəʊp/ · frequency rank #25,625*
Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.

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