Which to use
“pease” is a noun and “peasy” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,149
- “pease” frequency rank
- #48,405
- “peasy” frequency rank
- 85554
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pease | peasy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”). | Resembling or characteristic of peas. |
Letter map: pease vs peasy
Shared letters muted; letters that set pease and peasy apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. pease and peasy follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: pease vs peasy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pease is anoun and peasyanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “pease” becomes y in “peasy”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pease is recorded at frequency rank #37,149, classified as anoun, pronounced /piːz/. 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 85554, this pair ranks #10,214 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pease vs peasy
Shared letters: aeps. Private to "pease": -. Private to "peasy": y.
"pease" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "peasy" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pease" for "peasy" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pease" vs "peasy" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pease" and "peasy".
- Full dictionary entry for "pease" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "peasy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,214 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pease" and "peasy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peasy vs pecs". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #10,214 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.