Fe or pe?
fe is a noun meaning “Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”)”; pe is a noun meaning “The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic…”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) fe is about 1.5 times as common as pe.
What is the difference between fe and pe?
| fe | pe | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, adverb | noun |
| Meaning | American Library Association abbreviation for forty-eighth, a book size (7.5-10 cm in height); a book of that height | The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa) The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | Fes | pes |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˌpiːˈʔiː/ /ˌpiˈʔi/ /peɪ/ |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words | 5.2 times per million words |
Sources: fe and pe in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of fe and pe
fe
- 1
Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”)
- 2
Alternative form of f.e
- 3
American Library Association abbreviation for forty-eighth, a book size (7.5-10 cm in height); a book of that height
- 4
UKInitialism of further education
- 5
Alternative form of f.e
pe
- 1
Initialism of professional engineer
- 2
The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa)
- 3
The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п
- 4
Initialism of physical education
- 5
Initialism of preliminary examination
- 6
Initialism of protective earthing
- 7
Initialism of polyethylene
- 8
Initialism of polyether
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, fe or pe?
fe appears 7.9 times per million words; pe 5.2 times per million words.
fe 7.9 times per million wordspe 5.2 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search fe vs pe?
“fe vs pe” is searched about 480 times a month on Google and 20 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“pe vs fe”, “fe or pe”).
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