# pur vs pye

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pye
*noun · frequency rank #46,714*
Archaic spelling of pie (pastry food).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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