Petrus

noun

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The verdict

“Petrus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,419. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,419
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pierre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-petrus · Petrus · French

Petrus · rank #40,419 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,419
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Phallus

Nearest frequency peer: Phallus (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Petrus »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Petrus » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Petrus vs pets
50% similar
Petrus vs peurs
50% similar
Petrus vs prêtres
43% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Petrus
PropertyValue
HeadwordPetrus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,419
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Petrus »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Petrusse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Phallus » (#40,420), « perversité » (#40,417), « pilosité » (#40,421). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Petrus » est au #40,419. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Petrus, anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,419 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Petrus, with forms such as "eptrus", "pertus", and "petrrus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pets", "peurs", "prêtres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Petrus, spelled P-E-T-R-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pierre.
  2. 2
    Saint Pierre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Petrus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversum eam. et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum et quodcumque ligaveris super terram erit ligatum in caelis et quodcumque solveris super terram erit solutum in caelis.

Synonyms

Simon

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eptrus
  • pertus
  • petrrus
  • petrsu
  • petruss
  • pettrus
  • peturs
  • ppetrus
  • pterus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Petrus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eptrus2pertus2petrrus1petrsu2petruss1pettrus1peturs2ppetrus1
Edit distance from "Petrus"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Petrus"?
"Petrus" is spelled P-E-T-R-U-S.
What does "Petrus" mean?
As a noun, "Petrus" means: Pierre.
What words are commonly confused with "Petrus"?
"Petrus" is commonly confused with "pets", "peurs", "prêtres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Petrus" come from?
"Petrus" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Petrus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pipeau#40,423parrot#40,412poucet#40,428panser#40,408

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Phallus9 variantspollens9 variantsPapeete9 variantsothers9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list