# pease vs pence

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pease
*noun · IPA /piːz/ · frequency rank #37,149*
Alternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”).

### pence
*noun · IPA /pɛns/ · frequency rank #11,932*
plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).

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