# pets vs puts

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### puts
*verb · IPA /pʊts/ · frequency rank #2,852*
third-person singular simple present indicative of put

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