# picar vs pick

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### picar
*verb · IPA [piˈkaɾ] · frequency rank #18,348*
Golpear algo con una punta, agujereándolo o no.

### pick
*verb · IPA /pɪk/ · frequency rank #22,147*
Elegir, seleccionar, escoger.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/picar-vs-pick