# peach

> English word · Noun · IPA /piːt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #10,105

## Definitions
1. Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
2. Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
3. A light yellow-red colour.
4. A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
5. Buttock or bottom.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s)bor.
Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)der.
Late Latin Persa
Late Latin persicus
Late Latin persicum
Late Latin persica
Vulgar Latin *pessica
Old French peschebor.
Middle English peche
English peach
From Middle English peche, borrowed from Old French pesche (French pêche), Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca) from Late Latin persica, from Classical Latin mālum persicum, from Ancient Greek μᾶλον περσικόν (mâlon persikón, “Persian apple”). Displaced Middle English persogʒe, from Old English persoc, from the same Latin root above.

## Easily confused with
- **pec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-pec)
- **peak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-peak)
- **peas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-peas)
- **pear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-pear)
- **peck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-peck)
- **peat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-peat)
- **pecs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-pecs)
- **place** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-place)
- **pitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-pitch)
- **punch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-punch)
- **pearl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-pearl)
- **Perth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-perth)
- **peaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-peaks)
- **porch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-porch)
- **pinch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-pinch)
- **pence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-pence)
- **Percy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-percy)
- **psych** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-psych)
- **pouch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-pouch)
- **perch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-perch)

## Common misspellings (7)
`epach`, `paech`, `peacch`, `peachh`, `peahc`, `pecah`, `ppeach`

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