Which to use
“pers” is a pronoun and “peruse” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,278
- “pers” frequency rank
- #40,385
- “peruse” frequency rank
- 76663
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pers | peruse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun. | To examine or consider with care. |
Letter map: pers vs peruse
Shared letters muted; letters that set pers and peruse apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. pers runs 4 letters (CVCC) against peruse's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for pers / peruse
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pers is apronoun and peruseaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pers is recorded at frequency rank #36,278, classified as apron. peruse is at rank #40,385, tagged as averb, pronounced /pəˈɹuːz/.
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 76663, this pair ranks #29,466 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pers vs peruse
Shared letters: eprs. Private to "pers": -. Private to "peruse": u.
"pers" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "peruse" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pers" and "peruse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pers" vs "peruse" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "pers" vs "peruse" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "pers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "peruse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,466 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pers" and "peruse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peruse vs prude". 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 #29,466 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.