# pope vs pos

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pope
*noun · IPA /pəʊp/ · frequency rank #3,776*
An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.

### pos
*adjective · IPA /pɒz/ · frequency rank #11,268*
Clipping of positive.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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