# pit vs psst

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pit
*noun · IPA /pɪt/ · frequency rank #4,548*
A hole in the ground.

### psst
*intj · IPA /psːː(t)/ · frequency rank #38,565*
Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person.

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