# peers vs petri

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### peers
*noun · IPA /pɪɹz/ · frequency rank #6,946*
plural of peer

### petri
*noun · IPA /ˈpiːtɹi/ · frequency rank #29,786*
Ellipsis of petri dish.

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