Peso or piso?
peso is a noun meaning “A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the…”; piso is a noun meaning “Alternative form of peso (“currency of Philippines”)”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) peso is about 5.2 times as common as piso.
What is the difference between peso and piso?
| peso | piso | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, prefix |
| Meaning | A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the… | pisiform |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | pesos | pisos |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpeɪsəʊ/ /ˈpɛso/ | not recorded |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words | about once in every 5 million words |
Sources: peso and piso 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 peso and piso
peso
- 1
A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar
- 2
The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines
piso
- 1
Alternative form of peso (“currency of Philippines”)
- 2
pisiform
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, peso or piso?
peso appears 1.0 times per million words; piso about once in every 5 million words.
peso 1.0 times per million wordspiso about once in every 5 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).