# piety

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/ · frequency rank #25,880

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

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **pit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pit)
- **poet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-poet)
- **pity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pity)
- **prey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-prey)
- **Pitt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pitt)
- **pits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pits)
- **pint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pint)
- **pita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pita)
- **poets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-poets)
- **pinky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pinky)
- **piggy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-piggy)
- **potty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-potty)
- **pinto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pinto)
- **Pitts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pitts)
- **putty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-putty)
- **Pinoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pinoy)
- **pissy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pissy)
- **pithy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pithy)
- **pretty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-pretty)
- **plenty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-plenty)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ipety`, `peity`, `pietty`, `pietyy`, `pieyt`, `pitey`, `ppiety`

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