pe
/peɪ/noun
pe is spelled P-E: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “fe vs pe” about 480 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, pe means “The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pe is pes.
How many letters and syllables are in pe?
| Letters | 2: P-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is pe?
Pe appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pe?
- /peɪ/
Pe has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-PE.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Aadenboy-PE.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pe
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of pe
- pei
- pey
- pes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).
- 2
The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п.
noun
- 1
Initialism of professional engineer.
- 2
Initialism of physical education.
- 3
Initialism of preliminary examination.
- 4
Initialism of protective earthing.
- 5
Initialism of polyethylene.
- 6
Initialism of polyether.
- 7
Initialism of pulmonary embolism.
- 8
Initialism of premature ejaculation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Semitic letter:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pe come from?
From Hebrew פֵּא (pê), from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).