Perth

/[pɝθ]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,224

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

Perth is aGermanname. It means: Hauptstadt des australischen Bundesstaates Westaustralien Pronounced [pɝθ]. Often confused with Pest and Peru.

Key facts for Perth
PropertyValue
HeadwordPerth
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[pɝθ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,224
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Perth in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Perth is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɝθ]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,224 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Perth, with forms such as "eprth", "perht", and "perrth". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Pest", "Peru", "Petr", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Perth, spelled P-E-R-T-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hauptstadt des australischen Bundesstaates Westaustralien
  2. 2
    Stadt im Osten Schottlands

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprth,perht,perrth,perthh,pertth,petrh,pperth,preth

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Perth

Misspelling Variants of "Perth"

eprth5perht5perrth6perthh6pertth6petrh5pperth6preth5
Misspelling Variants of "Perth"

Frequency rank: #33,224 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Perth"?
"Perth" is spelled P-E-R-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is [pɝθ].
What does "Perth" mean?
As a name, "Perth" means: Hauptstadt des australischen Bundesstaates Westaustralien
What words are commonly confused with "Perth"?
"Perth" is commonly confused with "Pest", "Peru", "Petr". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Perth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Perth" is [pɝθ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Perth" come from?
"Perth" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.