# Pasco vs peso

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pasco
*name · IPA /ˈpæskəʊ/ · frequency rank #42,811*
A surname.

### peso
*noun · IPA /ˈpeɪsəʊ/ · frequency rank #29,034*
A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.

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