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pea/pee/pi/pie/pis/Py

"pea" is a noun; "Py" is a name - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "pea" arrives as a noun, while "Py" is a name. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Single-letter fork: "pea" keeps a, "pee" writes e at letter 3.
No shared spelling stem: "pea" is 3 letters, "pi" is 2; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "pea" is 3 letters, "pie" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "pea" is 3 letters, "pis" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "pea" is 3 letters, "Py" is 2; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "pee" is 3 letters, "pi" is 2; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "pee" is 3 letters, "pie" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "pee" is 3 letters, "pis" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "pee" is 3 letters, "Py" is 2; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "pi" then splits - "pi" (2 letters) vs "pie" (3).
Shared stem "pi" then splits - "pi" (2 letters) vs "pis" (3).
Single-letter fork: "pi" keeps i, "Py" writes y at letter 2.
Single-letter fork: "pie" keeps e, "pis" writes s at letter 3.
No shared spelling stem: "pie" is 3 letters, "Py" is 2; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "pis" is 3 letters, "Py" is 2; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across pea, pee, pi, pie, pis, Py: p. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

pea
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory aep · private ae
pee
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory ep · private e
pi
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape CV
Inventory ip · private i
pie
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory eip · private ei
pis
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory ips · private is
Py
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape CV
Inventory py · private y

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "pea" when you mean: Pois, pois cultivé, plante de l'espèce Pisum sativum, de la famille des Fabaceae).
Write "pee" when you mean: P, p (lettre de l’alphabet latin).
Write "pi" when you mean: π, Π, seizième lettre et onzième consonne de l’alphabet grec.
Write "pie" when you mean: Passereau de la famille des corvidés à longue queue, à plumage noir et au ventre blanc, renommé pour son bavardage et son attirance enver…
Write "pis" when you mean: Mamelle de bête laitière (vache, brebis, etc.).
Write "Py" when you mean: Nom de famille.

Each spelling

pea

noun · /\ˈpiː\/ · #19,936 frequency

Pois, pois cultivé, plante de l'espèce Pisum sativum, de la famille des Fabaceae).

pee

noun · /\ˈpi\/ · #27,559 frequency

P, p (lettre de l’alphabet latin).

noun · /\pi\/ · #7,215 frequency

π, Π, seizième lettre et onzième consonne de l’alphabet grec.

pie

noun · /\pi\/ · #8,596 frequency

Passereau de la famille des corvidés à longue queue, à plumage noir et au ventre blanc, renommé pour son bavardage et son attirance envers les objets brillants.

pis

noun · /\pi\/ · #3,350 frequency

Mamelle de bête laitière (vache, brebis, etc.).

name · /\pi\/ · #35,663 frequency

Nom de famille.