# Pier vs pierce

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pier
*noun · IPA [piːɐ̯] · frequency rank #20,024*
massiver Hafendamm

### pierce
*verb · IPA [ˈpiːɐ̯sə] · frequency rank #26,571*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs piercen

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