Which to use
“pièce” and “pitch” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #852
- “pièce” frequency rank
- #24,719
- “pitch” frequency rank
- 25571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pièce | pitch |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacun des éléments d’un ensemble défini. → voir pièce détachée, de toutes pièces, juger sur pièces, pièce à pièce et pièce par pièce | Angle mesuré entre la direction d’un plan (de stratification par exemple) et une droite (linéation) de ce plan. |
Where the eye mixes pièce and pitch
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pièce vs pitch
A purely visual mix-up. pièce (\pjɛs\) and pitch (\pitʃ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pièce is recorded at frequency rank #852, classified as anoun, pronounced \pjɛs\. pitch is at rank #24,719, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pitʃ\.
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 25571, this pair ranks #340,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pièce vs pitch
Shared letters: cip. Private to "pièce": eè. Private to "pitch": ht.
"pièce" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "pitch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pitch ← iptch · picth · pitcch · pitchh · pithc · pittch · ppitch · ptich
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pièce" for "pitch" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pièce" vs "pitch" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "pitch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #340,094 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pièce" and "pitch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pico vs pitch". 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 #340,094 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.