pius

adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,671

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pius is anGermanadj. It means: seinen eigenen moralischen Verpflichtungen nachkommend; pflichtbewusst, gewissenhaft, pflichtgetreu Often confused with PS and Pu.

Key facts for pius
PropertyValue
Headwordpius
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
Letters4
Frequency rank#19,671
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pius in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for pius is 4 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #19,671 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for pius, with forms such as "ipus", "pisu", and "piuss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PS", "Pu", "PUR", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is pius, spelled P-I-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    seinen eigenen moralischen Verpflichtungen nachkommend; pflichtbewusst, gewissenhaft, pflichtgetreu
  2. 2
    verstorben und zu Lebzeiten tugendhaft gewesen; selig
  3. 3
    von tugendhaft Verstorbenen bewohnt; selig
  4. 4
    den moralischen Ansprüchen entsprechend; ehrlich, billig, gerecht, rechtmäßig
  5. 5
    gerecht, rechtmäßig
  6. 6
    seinen religiösen Verpflichtungen nachkommend; fromm, gottesfürchtig
  7. 7
    für die religiöse Praktik geeignet; fromm, gottgefällig
  8. 8
    seinen familiären Verpflichtungen gegenüber seinen Eltern nachkommend; pflichtgetreu
  9. 9
    seinen familiären Verpflichtungen gegenüber seinem Ehepartner nachkommend; pflichtgetreu, liebevoll
  10. 10
    seinen sozialen Verpflichtungen gegenüber einen Freunden und anderen nachkommend; pflichtgetreu, lieb, vertraut
  11. 11
    seinen sozialen Verpflichtungen gegenüber einer Autorität nachkommend; pflichtgetreu

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ipus,pisu,piuss,ppius,puis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pius

Misspelling Variants of "pius"

ipus4pisu4piuss5ppius5puis4
Misspelling Variants of "pius"

Frequency rank: #19,671 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pius"?
"pius" is spelled P-I-U-S.
What does "pius" mean?
As an adj, "pius" means: seinen eigenen moralischen Verpflichtungen nachkommend; pflichtbewusst, gewissenhaft, pflichtgetreu
What words are commonly confused with "pius"?
"pius" is commonly confused with "PS", "Pu", "PUR". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pius" come from?
"pius" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.