# tui vs turd

> 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.

### turd
*noun · IPA /tɜːd/ · frequency rank #24,036*
A piece of solid feces.

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