# pi, pie

> English homophone group · 2 words that sound the same · /paɪ/

These English words share one pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning.

## The words

### pi
*/paɪ/*
The sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.

### pie
*/paɪ/*
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA); groups derived from IPA pronunciation. Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/homophones/pi