Which to use
“pay” is a verb and “peasy” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #390
- “pay” frequency rank
- #48,405
- “peasy” frequency rank
- 48795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pay | peasy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. | Resembling or characteristic of peas. |
Letter map: pay vs peasy
Shared letters muted; letters that set pay and peasy apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pay is averb and peasyanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pay is recorded at frequency rank #390, classified as averb, pronounced /peɪ/. peasy is at rank #48,405, tagged as anadj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 48795, this pair ranks #189,727 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pay vs peasy
Shared letters: apy. Private to "pay": -. Private to "peasy": es.
"pay" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "peasy" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- peasy ← epasy · paesy · peassy · peasyy · peays · pesay · ppeasy