# Pugh vs puke

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pugh
*name · IPA /pjuː/ · frequency rank #31,719*
A surname from Welsh.

### puke
*noun · IPA /pjuːk/ · frequency rank #20,193*
vomit.

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