# parrot vs parson

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### parson
*noun · IPA /ˈpɑːs(ə)n/ · frequency rank #36,272*
An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.

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