# piqued vs pissed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### piqued
*verb · IPA /piːkt/ · frequency rank #40,391*
simple past and past participle of pique

### pissed
*verb · IPA /pɪst/ · frequency rank #4,697*
simple past and past participle of piss

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piqued-vs-pissed