Which to use
“piece” and “place” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #975
- “piece” frequency rank
- #187
- “place” frequency rank
- 1162
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piece | place |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. | An area; somewhere within an area. |
Where the eye mixes piece and place
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. piece (/piːs/) and place (/pleɪs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piece is recorded at frequency rank #975, classified as anoun, pronounced /piːs/. place is at rank #187, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pleɪs/.
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 1162, this pair ranks #527,970 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of piece vs place
Shared letters: cep. Private to "piece": i. Private to "place": al.
"piece" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "place" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV