# pissy vs posse

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pissy
*adjective · IPA /ˈpɪsi/ · frequency rank #40,837*
Soaked or dirtied by urine.

### posse
*noun · IPA /ˈpɒs.i/ · frequency rank #23,072*
A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.

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