# pions vs piou

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### pions
*noun · IPA \pjɔ̃\ · frequency rank #18,827*
Pluriel de pion.

### piou
*onomatopoeia · IPA \pju\ · frequency rank #43,603*
Cri d’un poussin, d’un oisillon.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/pions-vs-piou