# tuan vs tut

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tuan
*noun · frequency rank #43,435*
A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.

### tut
*intj · IPA /tʌt/ · frequency rank #31,384*
Tut tut; an expression of disapproval.

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