peak vs Per, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“peak” is a noun and “Per” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,671
“peak” frequency rank: #3,203
“Per” frequency rank: 38874
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	peak	Per
Definition	Cima, cumbre.	Pedro. Nombre propio de hombre.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set peak and Per apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

peak

3 ch

Per

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: peak is /piːk/ while Per is [ˈpæːr]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

peak is recorded at frequency rank #35,671, classified as anoun, pronounced /piːk/. Per is at rank #3,203, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈpæːr].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 38874, this pair ranks #167,618 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of peak vs Per

Shared letters: ep. Private to "peak": ak. Private to "Per": r.

"peak" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Per" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

peak ← epak · paek · peakk · peka · ppeak

Frequency comparison

peak#35,671

Per#3,203

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "peak" and "Per" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "peak" is a noun and "Per" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "peak" or "Per"?

"Per" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,203 in our Spanish list, against #35,671 for "peak". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering peak vs Per

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “peak”; for a name, it's “Per”.
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