pir
/pɪɹ/noun
pir is spelled P-I-R: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pir means “A Muslim holy man or religious leader, especially Sufi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pir is pirs.
How many letters and syllables are in pir?
| Letters | 3: P-I-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pir?
Pir appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pir?
- UK /pɪə/
- US /pɪɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-peer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pir
Sounds like: peer, pier (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with pir?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pir from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rip.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pir
- pirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Muslim holy man or religious leader, especially Sufi.
- 2
One of the three hereditary, traditionally endogamous Yazidi castes, taking similar religious roles as the sheikh caste with a few differences.
noun
- 1
Initialism of property irregularity report: a form to be filled in when baggage is lost by an airline.
- 2
Initialism of passive infrared.
- 3
Abbreviation of polyisocyanurate.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of pir
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pir come from?
From Persian پیر (pir).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).