# pir vs Poe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pir
*noun · IPA /pɪə/ · frequency rank #47,260*
A Muslim holy man or religious leader, especially Sufi.

### Poe
*name · IPA /pəʊ/ · frequency rank #13,986*
A surname from Old Norse

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