# Piers

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /pɪəz/ · frequency rank #14,809

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
2. A surname transferred from the given name.

## Etymology
A Middle English vernacular form of Peter, from Old French Piers, from Latin Petrus. Doublet of Pedro, Peter, and Boutros.

## Easily confused with
- **PRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-prs)
- **pir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pir)
- **piss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-piss)
- **pigs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pigs)
- **pins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pins)
- **pits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pits)
- **pres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pres)
- **pies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pies)
- **pips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pips)
- **piet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-piet)
- **press** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-press)
- **poems** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-poems)
- **pills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pills)
- **pipes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pipes)
- **poets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-poets)
- **piper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-piper)
- **piles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-piles)
- **pleas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pleas)
- **pines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pines)
- **pious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piers-vs-pious)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ipers`, `peirs`, `pierrs`, `pierss`, `piesr`, `pires`, `ppiers`

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