Perera
"perera" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Perera” is uncommon English (frequency #54,393 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,393
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perera · Perera · English
Perera · rank #54,393 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,393
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH perpetrate
Nearest frequency peer: perpetrate (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Perera”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- peeler
peeler
45,613 corpus weight
- Perera
Perera
45,608 corpus weight
- perpetrate
perpetrate
45,607 corpus weight
- petunia
petunia
45,606 corpus weight
- phosphoric
phosphoric
45,605 corpus weight
- Piney
Piney
45,603 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Perera” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Perera |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Perera” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Perera is uncommon English at frequency #54,393 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Perera in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish (cognate with Portuguese Pereira and Galician Pereira), or from Sinhalese පෙරේරා (perērā). The correct English form is Perera, spelled P-E-R-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish (cognate with Portuguese Pereira and Galician Pereira), or from Sinhalese පෙරේරා (perērā).
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).