# parent vs parrot

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### parent
*noun · IPA /ˈpɛəɹənt/ · frequency rank #2,636*
A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).

### parrot
*noun · IPA /ˈpæɹət/ · frequency rank #15,240*
A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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