# per

> English word · Preposition · IPA /pɜː/ · frequency rank #339

## Definitions
1. For each.
2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
3. By the, by means of the, via the, through the.
4. In accordance with, as per
5. According to

## Etymology
From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.

## Easily confused with
- **PM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pm)
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pp)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pt)
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-ps)
- **po** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-po)
- **pi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pi)
- **PG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pg)
- **PL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pl)
- **PF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pf)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pu)
- **PK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pk)
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pv)
- **PJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pj)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-px)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-put)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pro)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pop)
- **pet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-pet)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/per