# per vs Pu

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### per
*preposition · IPA [pɛʁ] · frequency rank #673*
mittels

### Pu
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #21,394*
alternative Schreibweise des chinesischen Bu

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