# purge vs pute

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### purge
*noun · IPA \pyʁʒ\ · frequency rank #14,543*
Action de se purger ; purgatif.

### pute
*noun · IPA \pyt\ · frequency rank #3,284*
Prostituée.

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