# trouble vs Troubles

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### trouble
*noun · IPA /ˈtɹʌb.əl/ · frequency rank #1,707*
A distressing or dangerous situation.

### Troubles
*name · frequency rank #7,298*
The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.

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