pes
/piːz/noun
pes is spelled P-E-S: 3 letters. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pes means “the foot of a human” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pes is pedes.
How many letters and syllables are in pes?
| Letters | 3: P-E-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pes?
Pes appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 pes?
- /piːz/
- /peɪz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pes.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pes?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pes.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: esp.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pes
- pedes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pes mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
the foot of a human
- 2
the hoof of a quadruped
- 3
clubfoot or talipes
- 4
a neume representing two notes ascending
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of polyethersulfone.
- 2
Initialism of potential energy surface.
- 3
Initialism of phantom eye syndrome.
- 4
Abbreviation of polyester.
- 5
Initialism of performance-enhancing substance.
- 6
Initialism of precise event sampling.
noun
- 1
polyester
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pes in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense performance-enhancing substance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | substancia deportiva, substancia potenciadora del rendimiento, substancia que embona el desempeño |
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 pes come from?
From Latin pēs (“foot”). Doublet of foot, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).