# papers vs piper

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### papers
*noun · IPA /ˈpeɪpɚz/ · frequency rank #2,457*
plural of paper.

### piper
*noun · IPA /ˈpaɪ.pə/ · frequency rank #11,581*
A musician who plays a pipe.

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