# Perrin

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,876

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Missouri, United States.
3. A census-designated place in Jack County, Texas, United States.

## Etymology
From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from an Old French diminutive of Pierre.

## Easily confused with
- **perry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perrin-vs-perry)
- **petri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perrin-vs-petri)
- **person** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perrin-vs-person)
- **Persia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perrin-vs-persia)
- **Petrie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perrin-vs-petrie)
- **Persian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perrin-vs-persian)
- **pertain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perrin-vs-pertain)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perrin-vs-purring)
- **peri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peri-vs-perrin)
- **peril** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peril-vs-perrin)
- **permit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/permit-vs-perrin)
- **Peoria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peoria-vs-perrin)
- **parkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parkin-vs-perrin)
- **Perkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perkins-vs-perrin)
- **Permian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/permian-vs-perrin)
- **peering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peering-vs-perrin)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eprrin`, `perin`, `perirn`, `perrinn`, `perrni`, `pperrin`, `prerin`

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