Which to use
“peace” and “piece” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,024
- “peace” frequency rank
- #975
- “piece” frequency rank
- 1999
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peace | piece |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance. | A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. |
Same sound, different letters: peace vs piece
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. peace and piece are pronounced identically (/piːs/) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peace is recorded at frequency rank #1,024, classified as anoun, pronounced /piːs/. piece is at rank #975, tagged as anoun, pronounced /piːs/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 1999, this pair ranks #526,092 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of peace vs piece
Shared letters: cep. Private to "peace": a. Private to "piece": i.
"peace" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "piece" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV