piz

\ˈpiːs\

/\ˈpiːs\/ noun

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The verdict

“piz” is uncommon French (frequency #85,136 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,136
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-piz · piz · French

piz · rank #85,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,136
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pleurerai

Nearest frequency peer: pleurerai (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « piz »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « piz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for piz
PropertyValue
Headwordpiz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈpiːs\
Letters3
Frequency rank#85,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « piz » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).piztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « pleurerai » (#85,137), « plumeau » (#85,138), « pils » (#85,133). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « piz » est au #85,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

piz is uncommon French at frequency #85,136 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpiːs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pois.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for piz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is piz, spelled P-I-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ret eo lakaat ar piz e glecʼh , Krenn lavarioù, in Al Liamm, nᵒ 11, novembre-décembre 1948, page 45
  2. Neuze e kemeras ugent matarasenn, hag o bernia a reas war ar bizenn.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piz"?
"piz" is spelled P-I-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpiːs\.
What does "piz" mean?
As a noun, "piz" means: Pois.
How do you pronounce "piz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piz" is \ˈpiːs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piz" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pik#85,132PTC#85,170pup#85,175Mut#85,045

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list