Which to use
“pièce” is a noun and “pieuse” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #852
- “pièce” frequency rank
- #29,079
- “pieuse” frequency rank
- 29931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pièce | pieuse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacun des éléments d’un ensemble défini. → voir pièce détachée, de toutes pièces, juger sur pièces, pièce à pièce et pièce par pièce | Féminin singulier de pieux. |
Where the eye mixes pièce and pieuse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pièce vs pieuse
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pièce is \pjɛs\ while pieuse is \pjøz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pièce is recorded at frequency rank #852, classified as anoun, pronounced \pjɛs\. pieuse is at rank #29,079, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pjøz\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 29931, this pair ranks #313,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pièce vs pieuse
Shared letters: eip. Private to "pièce": cè. Private to "pieuse": su.
"pièce" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "pieuse" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pieuse ← ipeuse · peiuse · piesue · pieues · pieusse · piuese · ppieuse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pièce" and "pieuse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pièce" vs "pieuse" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "pièce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pieuse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pièce" and "pieuse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pieuse vs pieuses". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #313,583 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.