peeksvspersWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: peeks is a verb, pers is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“peeks” is a verb and “pers” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,252
“peeks” frequency rank
#36,278
“pers” frequency rank
83530
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature peeks pers
Definition third-person singular simple present indicative of peek That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun.

Letter map: peeks vs pers

Shared letters muted; letters that set peeks and pers apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
peeks
4 ch
pers

Role in the sentence - peeks and pers

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: peeks is averb and persapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

peeks is recorded at frequency rank #47,252, classified as averb, pronounced /piːks/. pers is at rank #36,278, tagged as apron.

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 83530, this pair ranks #13,644 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of peeks vs pers

Shared letters: eps. Private to "peeks": k. Private to "pers": r.

"peeks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "pers" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • peeksepeks · peekks · peekss · peesk · pekes · peks · ppeeks
  • perseprs · perrs · pesr · ppers

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "peeks" and "pers" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "peeks" is a verb and "pers" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "peeks" or "pers"?
"pers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,278 in our English list, against #47,252 for "peeks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "peeks" vs "pers" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "peeks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,644 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "peeks" and "pers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pecs vs peeks". 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 #13,644 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list