Peek, Pique and Peak

Actually, you pronounce them the same

• This post, those from the past and future posts are not just words that are cute, or merely interesting, many of these words are used daily and if you are in a conversation with an American, or someone who knows and uses a better level of English, these posts are here to help you!

Even us English teachers have words that baffle us – few, but they exist!

This is one for me;

Because of the letter “i” in pique, I thought the word was pronounced, ‘pick’ (welcome to English!), but no!

Let’s follow the short order in the title – Peek;

Peeking is a continuous action.

Merriam-Webster’s definition of “peek”: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peek

Here’s the word that confused me a little, Pique:

Piqued is the past tense use of the word.

Here is the dictionary;

Merriam-Webster’s definition of “pique”: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pique

Now for the last word, which sounds like the other two, and I bet you know the word – Peak!

Peak is the simple for of the word.

Merriam-Webster’s definition of “peak”: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peak

Just in case you haven’t noticed, all of the definition’s I give have a button for pronunciations. That’s part of your learning – pronunciation.

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