# Pape vs Poe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pape
*noun · IPA /peɪp/ · frequency rank #47,245*
A Roman Catholic; a Papist.

### Poe
*name · IPA /pəʊ/ · frequency rank #13,986*
A surname from Old Norse

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