# snip vs snipe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### snip
*verb · IPA /snɪp/ · frequency rank #35,522*
To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

### snipe
*noun · IPA /snaɪp/ · frequency rank #27,648*
Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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