# Tonya vs tuna

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tonya
*name · frequency rank #36,790*
A diminutive of the female given names Antonina or Antonia, from Russian

### tuna
*noun · IPA /ˈtjuː.nə/ · frequency rank #12,345*
Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

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