# tung vs tuning

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tung
*noun · frequency rank #24,619*
Obsolete spelling of tongue, both as language and as part of the body.

### tuning
*noun · IPA /ˈtjuːnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #11,816*
Action of the verb to tune.

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