To obtain a pile woven fabric having soft feeling of ground weave and excellent stretchability and wearing comfortableness.

This pile woven fabric comprises weft and/or warp constituted of a latent crimp exhibiting polyester fiber satisfying (a) 10-30 cN/dtex initial tensile resistance degree, (b) 10-100% stretch elongation percentage of existing crimps and 80-100% stretch modulus of existing crimps and (c) 0.1-0.5 cN/dtex heat shrinkage stress at 100°C.