Which to use
“pers” is a pronoun and “PTS” is a phrase - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,278
- “pers” frequency rank
- #15,683
- “PTS” frequency rank
- 51961
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pers | PTS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun. | Initialism of pay to surf: a business model where users are paid for viewing advertisements while browsing the World Wide Web. |
Letter map: pers vs PTS
Shared letters muted; letters that set pers and PTS apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - pers and PTS
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pers is apronoun and PTSaphrase. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pers is recorded at frequency rank #36,278, classified as apron. PTS is at rank #15,683, tagged as aphrase.
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 51961, this pair ranks #161,031 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pers vs PTS
Shared letters: ps. Private to "pers": er. Private to "PTS": t.
"pers" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "PTS" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pers ← eprs · perrs · pesr · ppers
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pers" and "PTS" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pers" vs "PTS" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "pers" and "PTS". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "PTS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,031 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pers" and "PTS" 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 #161,031 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.