# Pele vs people

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pele
*name · frequency rank #36,273*
The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos.

### people
*noun · IPA /ˈpi.pəl/ · frequency rank #66*
plural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

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