# peril

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɛɹɪl/ · frequency rank #17,206

## Definitions
1. A situation of serious and immediate danger.
2. Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
3. An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.

## Etymology
From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum.

## Easily confused with
- **Pil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-pil)
- **Phil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-phil)
- **Peru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-peru)
- **perk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-perk)
- **perm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-perm)
- **Perl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-perl)
- **prim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-prim)
- **pers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-pers)
- **puri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-puri)
- **perv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-perv)
- **perp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-perp)
- **pert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-pert)
- **perry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-perry)
- **Perth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-perth)
- **pupil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-pupil)
- **petit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-petit)
- **petal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-petal)
- **petri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-petri)
- **perky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-perky)
- **Perot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-perot)

## Common misspellings (7)
`epril`, `peirl`, `perill`, `perli`, `perril`, `pperil`, `preil`

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