# Pearce

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #16,089

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. An unincorporated community and ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The Pearce post office is still in existence (2023).
3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

## Etymology
From Piers, the medieval vernacular form of Peter.

## Easily confused with
- **place** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-place)
- **pearl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-pearl)
- **pence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-pence)
- **Percy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-percy)
- **perch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-perch)
- **Pears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-pears)
- **pease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-pease)
- **pierce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-pierce)
- **pearls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-pearls)
- **Petrie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-petrie)
- **pearly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-pearly)
- **Peirce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-peirce)
- **penance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pearce-vs-penance)
- **pace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pace-vs-pearce)
- **pear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pear-vs-pearce)
- **pare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pare-vs-pearce)
- **peace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peace-vs-pearce)
- **peach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peach-vs-pearce)
- **parse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-pearce)
- **parcel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parcel-vs-pearce)

## Common misspellings (8)
`eparce`, `paerce`, `peacre`, `pearcce`, `pearec`, `pearrce`, `perace`, `ppearce`

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