Peice or piece?
Did you mean piece? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: piece. Misspelling: peice.
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Memory tip
A piece of pie: PIE-ce.
Why people write “peice”
The misspelling “peice” is only one letter off: it writes EI instead of IE, the classic "i before e" trap.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make piece automatic.
What does “piece” mean?
piece noun
- a separate part of a whole
“an important piece of the evidence”
- an item that is an instance of some type
“he designed a new piece of equipment”
Synonyms:part
- a portion of a natural object
“they analyzed the river into three parts”
Synonyms:part
- a musical work that has been created
“the composition is written in four movements”
Synonyms:opuscomposition
piece verb
- to join or unite the pieces of
“patch the skirt”
Synonyms:patch
- create by putting components or members together
“She pieced a quilt”
- join during spinning
“piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings”
- eat intermittently; take small bites of
“He pieced at the sandwich all morning”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Piece” in a sentence
- Can I have a piece of cake?
- An important piece of the evidence.
- He designed a new piece of equipment.
- They analyzed the river into three parts.
Is “piece” a playable word?
9 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“peice” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from PIECE.