# toning vs tonne

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### toning
*verb · IPA /ˈtəʊnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #39,615*
present participle and gerund of tone

### tonne
*noun · IPA /tʌn/ · frequency rank #22,248*
A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms.

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