Per
[ˈpæːr]
The verdict
“Per” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,203) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #3,203
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pedro. Nombre propio de hombre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-per · Per · Spanish
Per · rank #3,203 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,203
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH parejas
Nearest frequency peer: parejas (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Per”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- paquete
paquete
96,800 corpus weight
- parejas
parejas
96,799 corpus weight
- Per
Per
96,798 corpus weight
- periódicos
periódicos
96,797 corpus weight
- propaganda
propaganda
96,796 corpus weight
- PSOE
PSOE
96,795 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Per” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Per |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈpæːr] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #3,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “Per” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Per is neighbouring look-alikes ("PP", "pm", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈpæːr]. Frequency #3,203 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Gloss: "Pedro. Nombre propio de hombre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Per, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PP", "pm", "po", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Per, spelled P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pedro. Nombre propio de hombre.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.