pix
/pɪks/
"pix" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pix” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #39,483) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #39,483
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of pic (“picture”)
Corpus desk
Index EN-pix · pix · English
pix · rank #39,483 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,483
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH piranha
Nearest frequency peer: piranha (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “pix”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- pining
pining
60,521 corpus weight
- Pinoy
Pinoy
60,520 corpus weight
- piranha
piranha
60,519 corpus weight
- pix
pix
60,518 corpus weight
- pocketed
pocketed
60,517 corpus weight
- Ponte
Ponte
60,516 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “pix” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pix |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɪks/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #39,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “pix”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for pix is neighbouring look-alikes ("PM", "PP", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /pɪks/. Frequency #39,483 among 4,417 “P” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pix, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PM", "PP", "PR", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Abbreviation of pictures, first used in Variety in 1916, along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage. The correct English form is pix, spelled P-I-X.
Definition
- 1plural of pic (“picture”)
- 2Motion pictures; movies.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category.
Photo selection can be tricky with space limitations, Arthur, and we blew that one. Hope the Scott pix in our January issue made you feel better about this.
Etymology
Abbreviation of pictures, first used in Variety in 1916, along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage.
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.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).