# tones vs tons

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### tons
*noun · IPA /tʌnz/ · frequency rank #3,267*
plural of ton

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