# z's vs zhu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### z's
*noun · IPA /ziz/ · frequency rank #37,297*
plural of z

### zhu
*noun · frequency rank #24,964*
An ancient Chinese unit of weight, notionally equivalent to 100 millet seeds or 1/24 of the liang/tael/Chinese ounce, chiefly used in denominating small coins in ancient and early imperial China.

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