# po vs put

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### po
*noun · IPA /pəʊ/ · frequency rank #7,482*
A peacock.

### put
*verb · IPA /pʊt/ · frequency rank #209*
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).

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