# tugs vs tui

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tugs
*noun · IPA /tʌɡz/ · frequency rank #35,124*
plural of tug

### tui
*noun · IPA /ˈtʉi/ · frequency rank #38,658*
A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tugs-vs-tui