English homophones
peace/piece
"piece" (#975 written frequency) beats "peace" (#1,024) in this 2-word /piːs/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /piːs/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "piece" leads at #975, with "peace" trailing at #1,024.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "peace" is 5 letters, "piece" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across peace, piece: cep. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
peace
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCV
Inventory acep · private a
piece
5 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCV
Inventory ceip · private i
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "peace" when you mean: A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
- Write "piece" when you mean: A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (peace, piece). Here's where to go from here.
- "piece" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #975 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: people's · peoples. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "peace, piece" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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