peakvspejeTell them apart

Which to use

“peak” and “peje” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,671
“peak” frequency rank
#38,868
“peje” frequency rank
74539
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature peak peje
Definition Cima, cumbre. Variante anticuada de pez.

Where the eye mixes peak and peje

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. peak (CVVC) and peje (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
peak
4 ch
peje

Why the eye confuses peak with peje

A purely visual mix-up. peak (/piːk/) and peje ([ˈpexe]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

peak is recorded at frequency rank #35,671, classified as anoun, pronounced /piːk/. peje is at rank #38,868, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpexe].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 74539, this pair ranks #21,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of peak vs peje

Shared letters: ep. Private to "peak": ak. Private to "peje": j.

"peak" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "peje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • peak ← epak · paek · peakk · peka · ppeak
  • peje ← epje · peej · pejje · pjee · ppeje

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "peak" for "peje" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/piːk/ versus [ˈpexe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "peak" or "peje" show up more?
"peak" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,671 in our Spanish list, against #38,868 for "peje". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "peak" and "peje" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "peak" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "peje" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "peak" and "peje" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peje vs pence". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #21,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list