# tui vs tulsi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### tulsi
*noun · IPA /ˈtʊlsiː/ · frequency rank #44,540*
Holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum.

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