Which to use
“piece” and “pieces” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #975
- “piece” frequency rank
- #1,957
- “pieces” frequency rank
- 2932
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piece | pieces |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. | plural of piece |
Where the eye mixes piece and pieces
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. piece (/piːs/) and pieces (/ˈpiːsɪz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “piece” sits inside “pieces”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2932, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piece is recorded at frequency rank #975, classified as anoun, pronounced /piːs/. pieces is at rank #1,957, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpiːsɪz/.
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 2932, this pair ranks #523,605 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of piece vs pieces
Shared letters: ceip. Private to "piece": -. Private to "pieces": s.
"piece" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "pieces" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC