Which to use
“pers” is a pronoun and “pins” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,278
- “pers” frequency rank
- #9,648
- “pins” frequency rank
- 45926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pers | pins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun. | plural of pin |
Letter map: pers vs pins
Shared letters muted; letters that set pers and pins apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. pers and pins follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for pers / pins
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pers is apronoun and pinsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pers is recorded at frequency rank #36,278, classified as apron. pins is at rank #9,648, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɪnz/.
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 45926, this pair ranks #216,626 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pers vs pins
Shared letters: ps. Private to "pers": er. Private to "pins": in.
"pers" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "pins" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "pers" vs "pins" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "pers" and "pins". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #216,626 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pers" and "pins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pecs vs pers". 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 #216,626 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.