# ping vs piou

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### ping
*noun · IPA \piŋ\ · frequency rank #9,214*
Onomatopée.

### piou
*onomatopoeia · IPA \pju\ · frequency rank #43,603*
Cri d’un poussin, d’un oisillon.

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