# PAH vs Pugh

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### PAH
*noun · frequency rank #38,539*
Initialism of phenylalanine hydroxylase.

### Pugh
*name · IPA /pjuː/ · frequency rank #31,719*
A surname from Welsh.

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