# bishop vs bishops

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bishop
*noun · IPA /ˈbɪʃəp/ · frequency rank #3,742*
An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.

### bishops
*noun · IPA /ˈbɪʃəps/ · frequency rank #9,571*
plural of bishop

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