pers
pronounnonstandard
pers is spelled P-E-R-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a pronoun, pers means “That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pers?
| Letters | 4: P-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pers?
Pers appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pers?
Pers has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with pers?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pers.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reps, pres, resp.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pers
- more pers. comparative
- most pers. superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pers mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
pronoun
- 1
nonstandardrareThat which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pers come from?
From per + -s. Compare hers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).