Which to use
“peed” is a noun and “per” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,522
- “peed” frequency rank
- #339
- “per” frequency rank
- 25861
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | peed | per |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Synonym of paedophile. | For each. |
Letter map: peed vs per
Shared letters muted; letters that set peed and per apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: peed vs per
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: peed is anoun and perapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
peed is recorded at frequency rank #25,522, classified as anoun. per is at rank #339, tagged as aprep, pronounced /pɜː/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25861, this pair ranks #391,086 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of peed vs per
Shared letters: ep. Private to "peed": d. Private to "per": r.
"peed" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "per" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- peed ← eped · pede · peedd · ppeed
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "peed" and "per". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "peed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "per" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,086 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "peed" and "per" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peed vs plied". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #391,086 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.