# percent vs pervert

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### percent
*adverb · IPA /pəˈsɛnt/ · frequency rank #974*
For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).

### pervert
*noun · IPA /ˈpəː.vəːt/ · frequency rank #19,164*
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.

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