# poor vs pur

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### poor
*adjective · IPA /pʊɚ/ · frequency rank #855*
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.

### pur
*noun · frequency rank #34,243*
Dated form of purr (“low murmuring sound as of a cat”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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