# piper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpaɪ.pə/ · frequency rank #11,581

## Definitions
1. A musician who plays a pipe.
2. A bagpiper.
3. A baby pigeon.
4. A common European gurnard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.
5. A sea urchin (Cidaris cidaris) with very long spines, native to the American and European coasts.
6. A halfbeak (Hyporhamphus ihi) found in New Zealand.
7. A broken-winded hack horse.

## Etymology
From Middle English piper, pipere; equivalent to pipe + -er. Piecewise doublet of fifer.

## Easily confused with
- **PPE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-ppe)
- **pir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-pir)
- **pope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-pope)
- **pips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-pips)
- **power** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-power)
- **poker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-poker)
- **pipes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-pipes)
- **pixel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-pixel)
- **Pixar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-pixar)
- **poser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-poser)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-proper)
- **primer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-primer)
- **popper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-popper)
- **pooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-pooper)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-piper)
- **pie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pie-vs-piper)
- **pip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pip-vs-piper)
- **pipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pipe-vs-piper)
- **peer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peer-vs-piper)
- **pile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pile-vs-piper)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ipper`, `piepr`, `piperr`, `pipper`, `pipre`, `ppiper`

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