# puffin vs puffs

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### puffin
*noun · IPA /ˈpʌfɪn/ · frequency rank #43,862*
The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.

### puffs
*verb · IPA /pʌfs/ · frequency rank #26,214*
third-person singular simple present indicative of puff

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