Piece Or Peice – How To Spell It Correctly
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In this article we look at the correct spelling of the word peice or piece.
The correct spelling of “piece”
So let’s answer the question, drumroll please….
- Correct spelling: piece
- Incorrect spelling: peice
Peice versus piece: why the confusion?
The confusion may come down to the similarity to the word “peace” where the “e” goes before the “a”. Both words have five letters and start and end with the same letters, which may add to the confusion. Also many common words have the “ei” like seize, vein, weird, heist, their, feisty, foreign, protein.
How to remember the correct spelling of piece
There is mnemonic that makes it easy: The phrase “i before e except after c” used to be much more widely used, my gran remembers using it in school! It will always help you remember the correct spelling.