# torch vs torus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### torch
*noun · IPA /tɔːtʃ/ · frequency rank #10,624*
A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.

### torus
*noun · IPA /ˈtɔː.ɹəs/ · frequency rank #49,104*
The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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