# peck vs Peru

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### peck
*verb · IPA /pɛk/ · frequency rank #15,877*
To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

### Peru
*name · IPA /pəˈɹuː/ · frequency rank #8,466*
A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.

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