Perez
"perez" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Perez” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,935. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,935
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The father of Hezron and the son of Judah; the grandson of Jacob.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perez · Perez · English
Perez · rank #11,935 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,935
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Percy
Nearest frequency peer: Percy (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Perez”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pence
pence
88,069 corpus weight
- peppers
peppers
88,068 corpus weight
- Percy
Percy
88,067 corpus weight
- Perez
Perez
88,066 corpus weight
- peripheral
peripheral
88,065 corpus weight
- pinned
pinned
88,064 corpus weight
What this shows “Perez” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Perez |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Perez”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Perez, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,935 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Perez, with forms such as "eprez", "peerz", and "perezz". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pure", "Pete", "prey", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew פֶּרֶץ (pérets). The correct English form is Perez, spelled P-E-R-E-Z.
Definition
- 1The father of Hezron and the son of Judah; the grandson of Jacob.
- 2A Sephardic Jewish surname from Hebrew.
Etymology
From Hebrew פֶּרֶץ (pérets).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprez
- peerz
- perezz
- perrez
- perze
- pperez
- preez
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Perez - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Perez", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).