# Percy vs pers

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Percy
*name · IPA /ˈpɜːsi/ · frequency rank #11,934*
An English surname from Old French.

### 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: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/percy-vs-pers