# pacer vs poacher

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pacer
*noun · frequency rank #41,297*
One who paces.

### poacher
*noun · IPA /ˈpoʊ.t͡ʃɚ/ · frequency rank #48,417*
A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.

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