# parades vs pirates

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### parades
*noun · IPA /pəˈɹeɪdz/ · frequency rank #19,930*
plural of parade

### pirates
*noun · IPA /ˈpaɪɹəts/ · frequency rank #7,262*
plural of pirate

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