# pacify

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpæsɪfaɪ/ · frequency rank #40,378

## Definitions
1. To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
2. To appease (someone).

## Etymology
From Middle French pacifier, from Latin pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“I do, make”). Cognate with pay and peacify.

## Easily confused with
- **parity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacify-vs-parity)
- **pacing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacify-vs-pacing)
- **purify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacify-vs-purify)
- **Pacino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacify-vs-pacino)
- **paucity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacify-vs-paucity)
- **pacific** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacific-vs-pacify)

## Common misspellings (9)
`apcify`, `paccify`, `pacfiy`, `paciffy`, `pacifyy`, `paciyf`, `paicfy`, `pcaify`, `ppacify`

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