Which to use
“piped” and “piqued” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,536
- “piped” frequency rank
- #40,391
- “piqued” frequency rank
- 70927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | piped | piqued |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of pipe | simple past and past participle of pique |
Where the eye mixes piped and piqued
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: piped vs piqued
A purely visual mix-up. piped (/paɪpt/) and piqued (/piːkt/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
piped is recorded at frequency rank #30,536, classified as averb, pronounced /paɪpt/. piqued is at rank #40,391, tagged as averb, pronounced /piːkt/.
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 70927, this pair ranks #48,702 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of piped vs piqued
Shared letters: deip. Private to "piped": -. Private to "piqued": qu.
"piped" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "piqued" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "piped" for "piqued" ever safe?
Which is more common, "piped" or "piqued"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "piped" and "piqued" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "piped" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piqued" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,702 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "piped" and "piqued" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peeked vs piqued". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #48,702 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.