Which to use
“pease” and “phase” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,149
- “pease” frequency rank
- #2,306
- “phase” frequency rank
- 39455
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pease | phase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”). | A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time. |
Where the eye mixes pease and phase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pease vs phase
A purely visual mix-up. pease (/piːz/) and phase (/feɪz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “pease” becomes h in “phase”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39455, 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/. phase is at rank #2,306, tagged as anoun, pronounced /feɪz/.
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 39455, this pair ranks #276,539 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pease vs phase
Shared letters: aeps. Private to "pease": -. Private to "phase": h.
"pease" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "phase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pease" and "phase" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pease" vs "phase" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pease" and "phase" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pease" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "phase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,539 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pease" and "phase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pease 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 #276,539 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.