Peak, peek or pique?
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"Peak", "peek" or "pique"? Same sound. But three different spellings and three different meanings.
Here’s how to make sure you always use the correct one.
"Peak", P-E-A-K is a word meaning high point or to reach a high point, as in
"She was at the peak of her fame in the 1980s."
or
"The album peaked at number three in the charts."
The way to remember this spelling is to think of the A in the middle of "peak" as a snowy mountain - like the peak of everest.
In contrast, "Peek", P - DOUBLE E - K, means a quick or furtive glance or to take a quick or furtive glance, as in:
"I took a sneaky peek at the questions before the exam started."
and
"The postman peeked through the letterbox."
The way to remember this word is to think of those E’s as two eyes furtively glancing around.
Finally, "PIQUE", with a QUE means a feeling of anger or irritation as in:
"He stormed off in a fit of pique."
It can also mean something like to arouse the curiosity, as in:
"The menu piqued my interest."
This word pique with a Q comes from the French word meaning to prick or irritated and is related to the word piquant meaning to have a sharp or spicy taste.
The way to remember this word is to think about the tail of that q as something that pricks you into action.
So there you have it - "peak", "peek" and "pique". Just think of a mountain, a pair of eyes and that piercing Q.
I’m Dr Clare Lynch of Doris and Bertie. Subscribe to the channel for more quick writing tips!
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Peek and see each have two “e”s. Pique shares the vowels “i” and “e” with irritate (and those are the only letters the words share overall). That’s how I distinguish in that concept.
thank you! I was looking for the entomology of pique, but also found a silver fox.
Gracias 😊
Brilliant teacher!
Does anyone know why "pique" wasn't taught in school? I'm 20 and this is the first I've heard of the word "pique".
I took a college vocab class in my junior year, seemingly to help w/ SATs... inadvertently found some class materials a decade or so later when moving and was surprised to find words in there that I considered common in a general sense. On the whole, I think the reason is 'pique' is really only used in this particular phrase - it's common, but in a limited scope, so it's more about the phrase "piqued my interest" being an idiom than the word pique itself being important. That said, just looking at online discussion forums, people get this wrong probably 90% of the time, so don't feel bad.
Oh really brilliant. Thanks a lot Clare
I subscribed your channel !!!
That was a little tricky because I don’t know how to add accents to words. Interesting the English word pique is a homonym with peak and peek it means to be irritable.
Thank you
Thank you !
You're welcome!
Hello there Dr Clare, thanks a lot for your video, please let me ask you a question, what about the sound for 'pick', is this different from the group of word you presented in this video?, thanks.
Yes, the 'i' sound is short rather than long.
Gerard Peak
Pique is also a fabric that is pronounced peekay
please how do i pronounce 'piqued'
The same way you'd pronounce 'peeked' or 'peaked'.
@@DrClareLynch wow, thanks a lot for responding
What’s your accent? I love it!
I grew up in Mexico and I have a terrible accent no one understands.
@@rodrigorodriguezescutia6977 Thank you - it's English. Perhaps you could work on your accent by watching all my videos and repeating back what I say, trying to match my accent? :-)
Pique=pe -kay
I have a question. Could both these sentences be correct??
My curiosity piqued when I visited the Museum
My curiosity peaked when I visited the museum.
If I mean that my curiosity was at its highest then would peaked be correct. However if I mean that I just had a sense of curiosity when I visited the museum then would piqued be correct
Yes, you could use 'peaked' in that way. With 'piqued', I would say 'my curiosity was piqued'.
Mmm....