# paws vs prawn

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### paws
*noun · IPA /pɔːz/ · frequency rank #16,553*
plural of paw

### prawn
*noun · IPA /pɹɔːn/ · frequency rank #34,231*
A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.

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