# tribes vs tubes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tribes
*noun · IPA /tɹaɪbz/ · frequency rank #6,850*
plural of tribe

### tubes
*noun · IPA /tuːbz/ · frequency rank #7,865*
plural of tube

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