# pur vs pus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pus
*noun · IPA /pʌs/ · frequency rank #28,336*
A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

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