# phi vs po

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### phi
*noun · IPA /faɪ/ · frequency rank #13,979*
Φ, the 21st letter of the Euclidean and modern Greek alphabet, usually romanized as "ph".

### po
*noun · IPA /pəʊ/ · frequency rank #7,482*
A peacock.

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