pero
[ˈpeɾo]
The verdict
“pero” is uncommon German (frequency #79,577 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,577
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aber, jedoch, allerdings, indes, sondern
Corpus desk
Index DE-pero · pero · German
pero · rank #79,577 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,577
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Perlmutt
Nearest frequency peer: Perlmutt (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „pero“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Perleberg
Perleberg
20,426 corpus weight
- Perlmutt
Perlmutt
20,425 corpus weight
- pero
pero
20,424 corpus weight
- perspectives
perspectives
20,423 corpus weight
- petz
petz
20,422 corpus weight
- Pflanzenfre…
Pflanzenfresser
20,421 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „pero“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pero |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | [ˈpeɾo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „pero“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
pero is uncommon German at frequency #79,577 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aconjunction, transcribed [ˈpeɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aber, jedoch, allerdings, indes, sondern".
Zero misspellings are on record for pero in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is pero, spelled P-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1aber, jedoch, allerdings, indes, sondern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Los precios son altos, pero la comida es muy buena.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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