# Palms vs piles

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Palms
*name · frequency rank #13,976*
A surname from Dutch.

### piles
*noun · IPA /paɪlz/ · frequency rank #13,213*
plural of pile

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