# pi vs pop

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pop
*noun · IPA /pɒp/ · frequency rank #1,435*
A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.

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