# Passover vs pushover

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Passover
*name · frequency rank #23,057*
The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual or yearly Sabbaths).

### pushover
*noun · IPA /ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #42,840*
Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply.

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