percent
/pəˈsɛnt/
"percent" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“percent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #974. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #974
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).
Corpus desk
Index EN-percent · percent · English
percent · rank #974 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #974
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH note
Nearest frequency peer: note (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “percent”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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mine
99,030 corpus weight
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99,029 corpus weight
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note
99,028 corpus weight
- percent
percent
99,027 corpus weight
- piece
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99,026 corpus weight
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99,025 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “percent” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | percent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /pəˈsɛnt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “percent” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around percent (IPA /pəˈsɛnt/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #974 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for percent, with forms such as "eprcent", "pecrent", and "perccent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "perfect", "pervert", "parent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”). The correct English form is percent, spelled P-E-R-C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how percent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diane Watson has had a distinguished career in education and politics, and last year was elected to the House of Representatives, winning 75 percent of the vote in her Congressional district.
In Sichuan the rates were much higher. In Kaixian county, a close examination by a team sent by the provincial party committee at the time concluded that in Fengle commune, where 17 per cent of the population had perished in less than a year, up to 65 per cent of the victims had died because they were beaten, punished with food deprivation or forced into…
Etymology
From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprcent
- pecrent
- perccent
- percennt
- percentt
- percetn
- percnet
- perecnt
- perrcent
- ppercent
- precent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of percent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "percent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "percent". Here's where to go from here.
- "percent" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "perfect". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #974 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.