# pur vs putt

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### putt
*noun · IPA /pʌt/ · frequency rank #23,957*
The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pur-vs-putt