pierce

/pɪrs/

//pɪrs// verb

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The verdict

“pierce” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,899
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agujerear, perforar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pierce · pierce · Spanish

pierce · rank #23,899 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,899
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH persistentes

Nearest frequency peer: persistentes (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “pierce”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “pierce” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pierce vs Piero
50% similar
pierce vs pierde
83% similar
pierce vs pierna
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pierce
PropertyValue
Headwordpierce
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɪrs/
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,899
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pierce”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).piercecae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “persistentes” (#23,898), “pincha” (#23,900), “pisando” (#23,901). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pierce” va en #23,899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pierce (IPA /pɪrs/), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,899 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pierce, with forms such as "iperce", "peirce", and "piecre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Piero", "pierde", "pierna", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pierce, spelled P-I-E-R-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agujerear, perforar.
  2. 2
    Atravesar, traspasar.
  3. 3
    Rasgar.
  4. 4
    Penetrar en.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pierce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iperce
  • peirce
  • piecre
  • piercce
  • pierec
  • pierrce
  • pierse
  • pirece
  • ppierce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pierce - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iperce2peirce2piecre2piercce1pierec2pierrce1pierse1pirece2
Edit distance from "pierce"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pierce"?
"pierce" is spelled P-I-E-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /pɪrs/.
What does "pierce" mean?
As a verb, "pierce" means: Agujerear, perforar.
What words are commonly confused with "pierce"?
"pierce" is commonly confused with "Piero", "pierde", "pierna". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pierce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pierce" is /pɪrs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pierce" come from?
"pierce" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pierce", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pincha#23,900pegaba#23,894portan#23,904partos#23,892

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Orellana9 variantspulgas9 variantsmuseum9 variantsmataría9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list