# peace

> English word · Noun · IPA /piːs/ · frequency rank #1,024

## Definitions
1. A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
2. A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
3. Death.
4. Harmony in personal relations.
5. A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.

## Etymology
From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Doublet of pax. Displaced native Old English sibb and broadly ousted friþ (modern frith).

## Easily confused with
- **pee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-pee)
- **pec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-pec)
- **peak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-peak)
- **Pete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-pete)
- **peas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-peas)
- **pear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-pear)
- **peck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-peck)
- **Pepe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-pepe)
- **peat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-peat)
- **Pele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-pele)
- **pecs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-pecs)
- **place** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-place)
- **price** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-price)
- **piece** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-piece)
- **plane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-plane)
- **phase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-phase)
- **plate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-plate)
- **pearl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-pearl)
- **peaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-peaks)
- **peach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-peach)

## Common misspellings (6)
`epace`, `paece`, `peacce`, `peaec`, `pecae`, `ppeace`

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