pye
noun
pye is spelled P-Y-E: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pye means “Ellipsis of pye-dog (“an Indian breed, a stray dog in Indian contexts”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pye is pyes.
How many letters and syllables are in pye?
| Letters | 3: P-Y-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 46,473rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 pye?
Pye appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 46,473rd 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 pye?
Pye has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with pye
Also written: pie.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with pye?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pye.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: yep.
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 pye
- pyes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pye mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Ellipsis of pye-dog (“an Indian breed, a stray dog in Indian contexts”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).