piqued

/piːkt/

//piːkt// verb

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"piqued" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“piqued” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,391. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,391
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of pique

Corpus desk

Index EN-piqued · piqued · English

piqued · rank #40,391 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,391
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pinus

Nearest frequency peer: pinus (-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 “piqued”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “piqued” 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).

piqued vs pissed
67% similar
piqued vs pitted
67% similar
piqued vs pied
67% similar

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

Key facts for piqued
PropertyValue
Headwordpiqued
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/piːkt/
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,391
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “piqued”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).piquedlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “pinus” (#40,390), “philology” (#40,388), “pleated” (#40,394). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “piqued” is #40,391. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around piqued (IPA /piːkt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,391 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of pique".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for piqued, with forms such as "ipqued", "piqeud", and "piqqued". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "pissed", "pitted", "pied", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is piqued, spelled P-I-Q-U-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of pique

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ipqued
  • piqeud
  • piqqued
  • piqude
  • piquedd
  • piuqed
  • ppiqued
  • pqiued

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of piqued - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ipqued2piqeud2piqqued1piqude2piquedd1piuqed2ppiqued1pqiued2
Edit distance from "piqued"

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 "piqued"?
"piqued" is spelled P-I-Q-U-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /piːkt/.
What does "piqued" mean?
As a verb, "piqued" means: simple past and past participle of pique
What words are commonly confused with "piqued"?
"piqued" is commonly confused with "pissed", "pitted", "pied". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "piqued"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piqued" is /piːkt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piqued" come from?
"piqued" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list