# pied

> English word · Adjective · IPA /paɪd/ · frequency rank #28,328

## Definitions
1. Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
2. Decorated or colored in blotches.

## Etymology
From archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pica.
Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.

## Easily confused with
- **pin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pin)
- **pit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pit)
- **pig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pig)
- **pod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pod)
- **Poe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-poe)
- **pip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pip)
- **PPE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-ppe)
- **Pil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pil)
- **pix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pix)
- **ppd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-ppd)
- **pye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pye)
- **pir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pir)
- **pink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pink)
- **pipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pipe)
- **poem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-poem)
- **poet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-poet)
- **piss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-piss)
- **pile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pile)
- **pine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pine)
- **pill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pied-vs-pill)

## Common misspellings (5)
`iped`, `peid`, `pide`, `piedd`, `ppied`

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