# pedo vs pers

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pedo
*noun · IPA /ˈpɛd.əʊ/ · frequency rank #35,454*
Alternative spelling of paedo (“pedophile”).

### pers
*pronoun · frequency rank #36,278*
That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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