# pics vs pin

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pics
*noun · IPA /pɪks/ · frequency rank #5,531*
plural of pic

### pin
*noun · IPA /pɪn/ · frequency rank #4,475*
A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

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