# TNS vs tongs

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### TNS
*noun · IPA \te.ɛn.ɛs\ · frequency rank #40,534*
Travailleur non salarié.

### tongs
*noun · IPA \tɔ̃ɡ\ · frequency rank #32,221*
Pluriel de tong.

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