# peeking vs Perkins

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### peeking
*verb · IPA /ˈpiːkɪŋ/ · frequency rank #30,532*
present participle and gerund of peek

### Perkins
*name · IPA /ˈpɝkɪnz/ · frequency rank #12,122*
An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic from Perkin, a medieval diminutive of Peter.

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