pyre
/ˈpaɪɚ/
"pyre" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pyre” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,355. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,355
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pyre · pyre · English
pyre · rank #42,355 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,355
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH punting
Nearest frequency peer: punting (-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 “pyre”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- propagandist
propagandist
57,650 corpus weight
- publically
publically
57,649 corpus weight
- punting
punting
57,647 corpus weight
- pyre
pyre
57,646 corpus weight
- quibble
quibble
57,645 corpus weight
- Quinton
Quinton
57,644 corpus weight
What this shows “pyre” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | pyre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpaɪɚ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #42,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pyre”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around pyre (IPA /ˈpaɪɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,355 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pyre, with forms such as "ppyre", "pyer", and "pyrre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pyrite", "PR", "PE", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Doublet of fire. The correct English form is pyre, spelled P-Y-R-E.
Definition
- 1A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
- 2Any heap or pile of combustibles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pyre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The villagers built a funeral pyre to honor their dead.
The effigy was set ablaze on the pyre.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Doublet of fire.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppyre
- pyer
- pyrre
- pyyre
- ypre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pyre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pyre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).