# piou vs pipe

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pipe
*noun · IPA \pip\ · frequency rank #8,010*
Pipeau.

## Source
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