# piratés vs pires

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### piratés
*verb · IPA \pi.ʁa.te\ · frequency rank #45,228*
Participe passé masculin pluriel de pirater.

### pires
*adjective · IPA \piʁ\ · frequency rank #4,700*
Pluriel de pire.

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