# ears vs eyre

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ears
*noun · IPA /ɪəz/ · frequency rank #3,877*
plural of ear

### eyre
*noun · IPA /ɛəɹ/ · frequency rank #24,442*
A journey taken by certain Medieval English itinerant judges (justices in eyre)

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