piety

/ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/

//ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti// noun

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"piety" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“piety” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,880. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,880
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reverence and devotion to God.

Corpus desk

Index EN-piety · piety · English

piety · rank #25,880 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,880
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pharrell

Nearest frequency peer: Pharrell (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “piety”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “piety” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

piety vs pit
60% similar
piety vs poet
60% similar
piety vs pity
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for piety
PropertyValue
Headwordpiety
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,880
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “piety”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).pietylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Pharrell” (#25,879), “pinot” (#25,881), “persuading” (#25,878). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “piety” is #25,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around piety (IPA /ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,880 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for piety, with forms such as "ipety", "peity", and "pietty". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pit", "poet", "pity", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and pity. By surface analysis, pious + -ety. The correct English form is piety, spelled P-I-E-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reverence and devotion to God.
  2. 2
    Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
  3. 3
    A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
  4. 4
    A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how piety appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
  2. patriotism as piety, when done right

Etymology

From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and pity. By surface analysis, pious + -ety.

This word in other languages

piedad(Español)piété(Français)Frömmigkeit(Deutsch)piedade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipety
  • peity
  • pietty
  • pietyy
  • pieyt
  • pitey
  • ppiety

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piety - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ipety2peity2pietty1pietyy1pieyt2pitey2ppiety1
Edit distance from "piety"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piety"?
"piety" is spelled P-I-E-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/.
What does "piety" mean?
As a noun, "piety" means: Reverence and devotion to God.
What words are commonly confused with "piety"?
"piety" is commonly confused with "pit", "poet", "pity". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piety"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piety" is /ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "piety"?
From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and pity. By surface analysis, pious + -ety. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "piety", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pinot#25,881remit#25,901Savoy#25,918Lyman#25,832

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list