# Perth

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /pɜːθ/ · frequency rank #7,957

## Definitions
1. A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
2. The state capital of Western Australia.
3. A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Perth.
4. A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
5. A town in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
6. A river in the Southern Alps West Coast region, New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.
7. A locale in the United States.
8. A locale in the United States.
9. A locale in the United States.
10. A locale in the United States.
11. A locale in the United States.
12. A locale in the United States.
13. A locale in the United States.
14. A Scottish earldom.
15. A surname

## Etymology
From Pictish *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ (pert) meaning “wood, copse, thicket”, related to Welsh perth and perhaps Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā (from Proto-Indo-European *pérkʷus (“oak”).

## Easily confused with
- **pet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-pet)
- **port** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-port)
- **Pete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-pete)
- **pets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-pets)
- **Peru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-peru)
- **pest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-pest)
- **Petr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-petr)
- **perv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-perv)
- **petty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-petty)
- **ports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-ports)
- **porch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-porch)
- **Porto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-porto)
- **Porte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-porte)
- **porta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-porta)
- **pesto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perth-vs-pesto)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-perth)
- **part** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-perth)
- **path** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/path-vs-perth)
- **peat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peat-vs-perth)
- **perk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perk-vs-perth)

## Common misspellings (8)
`eprth`, `perht`, `perrth`, `perthh`, `pertth`, `petrh`, `pperth`, `preth`

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