# peel vs pie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### peel
*verb · IPA /piːl/ · frequency rank #9,644*
To remove the skin or outer covering of.

### pie
*noun · IPA /paɪ/ · frequency rank #5,244*
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)

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