of a piece
"of-a-piece" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“of a piece” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of the same kind.
Corpus desk
Index EN-of-a-piece · of a piece · English
of a piece · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | of a piece |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “of a piece” in English
Rare enough to double-check
of a piece is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for of a piece in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From an obsolete sense of a (“the same”). The correct English form is of a piece, spelled O-F- -A- -P-I-E-C-E.
Definition
- 1Of the same kind.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, a, piece.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how of a piece appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: all one, all the same, cut from the same cloth, of the same stripe, monolithic
Strange as this expectation appears to us, it is quite of a piece with early modes of thought.
Etymology
From an obsolete sense of a (“the same”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.