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per cent

noun, prepositional phrase

per cent is a noun meaning “Alternative form of percent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-E-R-C-E-N-T.

What does per cent mean?

noun

  1. 1

    CommonwealthAlternative form of percent.

prepositional phrase

as per-cent
  1. 1

    Alternative form of percent.

prepositional phrase

  1. 1

    CommonwealthAlternative form of percent.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of per cent

  • per. cent
  • per cent.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with per cent

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

per-cent vs percent1,300 G

Also written: percent (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Where does per cent come from?

From Latin per centum.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).