pie

[paɪ]

/[paɪ]/ noun

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The verdict

“pie” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,870) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#24,870
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein herzhaftes oder würziges Gebäck, wie beispielsweise eine Pastete

Corpus desk

Index DE-pie · pie · German

pie · rank #24,870 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,870
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pianisten

Nearest frequency peer: Pianisten (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „pie“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „pie“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pie vs PS
0% similar
pie vs Pr
0% similar
pie vs Po
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pie
PropertyValue
Headwordpie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paɪ]
Letters3
Frequency rank#24,870
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „pie“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).pieliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Pianisten“ (#24,869), „piece“ (#24,871), „Pfarrers“ (#24,868). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pie“ bei #24,870. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for pie is neighbouring look-alikes ("PS", "Pr", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [paɪ]. Frequency #24,870 among 3,409 “P” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No generated misspelling entries exist for pie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PS", "Pr", "Po", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is pie, spelled P-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein herzhaftes oder würziges Gebäck, wie beispielsweise eine Pastete
  2. 2
    eine Süßspeise, wie beispielsweise eine Torte

This word in other languages

pâté(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pie"?
"pie" is spelled P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [paɪ].
What does "pie" mean?
As a noun, "pie" means: ein herzhaftes oder würziges Gebäck, wie beispielsweise eine Pastete
What words are commonly confused with "pie"?
"pie" is commonly confused with "PS", "Pr", "Po". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pie" is [paɪ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pie" come from?
"pie" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

owl#24,863GHz#24,744FPS#24,723Alk#25,029

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list