# Piers vs plies

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Piers
*name · IPA /pɪəz/ · frequency rank #14,809*
A male given name from Ancient Greek.

### plies
*noun · IPA /plaɪz/ · frequency rank #47,263*
plural of ply

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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