“A pear of shoes.”
Confusables Entry 538 / 1605 60-second read
Pair vs. Pear / Pare
Two versus fruit versus to peel or reduce.
The comparisoni
“A pair of shoes.”
The ruleii
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PAIR = two. PEAR = fruit. PARE = peel/reduce.
PAIR (AI) is a set of two. PEAR (EA) is the fruit. PARE (AR+E) is to peel or trim.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
pAIr — two As lIne up."