# peat

> English word · Noun · IPA /piːt/ · frequency rank #19,657

## Definitions
1. Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.

## Etymology
Inherited from Northern Middle English pete (recorded in Latin text as peta), of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (“portion, segment, piece”); if so, it would be a doublet of piece.

## Easily confused with
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pt)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-put)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-per)
- **pet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pet)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pot)
- **pen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pen)
- **pit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pit)
- **pee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pee)
- **PGA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pga)
- **pep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pep)
- **peg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-peg)
- **PSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-psa)
- **pew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pew)
- **PST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pst)
- **PLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pla)
- **pia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pia)
- **PTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pta)
- **pes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pes)
- **PEI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pei)
- **PRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-pra)

## Common misspellings (5)
`epat`, `paet`, `peatt`, `peta`, `ppeat`

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