# tones vs tongues

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tones
*noun · IPA /təʊnz/ · frequency rank #10,297*
plural of tone

### tongues
*noun · IPA /tʌŋz/ · frequency rank #16,150*
plural of tongue

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