# perk vs pyre

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### perk
*noun · IPA /pɝk/ · frequency rank #22,764*
Perquisite.

### pyre
*noun · IPA /ˈpaɪɚ/ · frequency rank #42,355*
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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