# po

> English word · Noun · IPA /pəʊ/ · frequency rank #7,482

## Definitions
1. A peacock.

## Etymology
From Middle English po (found also in pocock), from Old English pāwa, pēa (“peacock”), from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō. Cognate with Dutch pauw, German Pfau. See also peacock.

## Easily confused with
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pp)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pt)
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-ps)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pu)
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pv)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-px)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-put)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pro)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pop)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pot)
- **pub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pub)
- **pod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pod)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pos)
- **ppl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-ppl)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pup)
- **Poe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-poe)
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-pun)
- **poo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/po-vs-poo)

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