# pyre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpaɪɚ/ · frequency rank #42,355

## Definitions
1. A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
2. Any heap or pile of combustibles.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pyra (“pyre, funeral pile”), from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Doublet of fire.

## Easily confused with
- **pyrite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pyre-vs-pyrite)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pr-vs-pyre)
- **PE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pe-vs-pyre)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pyre)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pro-vs-pyre)
- **pie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pie-vs-pyre)
- **par** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/par-vs-pyre)
- **pee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pee-vs-pyre)
- **Poe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poe-vs-pyre)
- **PCR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pcr-vs-pyre)
- **PRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prc-vs-pyre)
- **pry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pry-vs-pyre)
- **PRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pra-vs-pyre)
- **pur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pur-vs-pyre)
- **PRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prs-vs-pyre)
- **PPE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ppe-vs-pyre)
- **PBR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pbr-vs-pyre)
- **pye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pye-vs-pyre)
- **pir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pir-vs-pyre)
- **part** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pyre)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ppyre`, `pyer`, `pyrre`, `pyyre`, `ypre`

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