# pets vs pus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pets
*noun · IPA /pɛts/ · frequency rank #6,280*
plural of pet

### pus
*noun · IPA /pʌs/ · frequency rank #28,336*
A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pets-vs-pus