# ton vs two

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ton
*noun · IPA /tʌn/ · frequency rank #4,419*
Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun

### two
*num · IPA /tu/ · frequency rank #86*
A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••).

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