# piss

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɪs/ · frequency rank #5,443

## Definitions
1. Urine.
2. The act of urinating.
3. Alcoholic beverage, especially of inferior quality.
4. An intensifier.

## Etymology
From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse pissa (“to urinate, piss”). Displaced Old English micge.

## Easily confused with
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-ps)
- **pit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-pit)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-pos)
- **PSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-psa)
- **PTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-pts)
- **psi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-psi)
- **PSG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-psg)
- **PST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-pst)
- **PSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-psp)
- **PMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-pms)
- **pus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-pus)
- **PSU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-psu)
- **PPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-pps)
- **PRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-prs)
- **PSC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-psc)
- **pix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-pix)
- **PSL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-psl)
- **PJs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-pjs)
- **psh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-psh)
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piss-vs-post)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ipss`, `pis`, `ppiss`, `psis`

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