# pew vs pi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pew
*noun · IPA /pjuː/ · frequency rank #16,994*
One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.

### pi
*noun · IPA /paɪ/ · frequency rank #8,073*
The sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.

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