# pert

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɜːt/ · frequency rank #47,823

## Definitions
1. Attractive.
2. Well-formed; shapely.
3. Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
4. Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent.
5. Open; evident; unhidden.
6. Clever.

## Etymology
From Middle English pert, perte, aphetic form of apert.

## Easily confused with
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pt)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-put)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pro)
- **pet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pet)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pot)
- **pit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pit)
- **pew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pew)
- **PST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pst)
- **PRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-prc)
- **pry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pry)
- **pes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pes)
- **PRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pra)
- **pur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pur)
- **PRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-prs)
- **PPT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-ppt)
- **pir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pir)
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-post)
- **port** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-port)
- **pure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pert-vs-pure)

## Common misspellings (5)
`eprt`, `perrt`, `pertt`, `ppert`, `pret`

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