PetrvsptiTell them apart

Quick tell: Petr is a name, pti is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Petr” is a name and “pti” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,455
“Petr” frequency rank
#34,701
“pti” frequency rank
74156
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Petr pti
Definition Prénom tchèque, équivalent de Pierre. Petit.

Letter map: Petr vs pti

Shared letters muted; letters that set Petr and pti apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Petr
3 ch
pti

Part-of-speech tell for Petr / pti

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Petr is aname and ptianadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Petr is recorded at frequency rank #39,455, classified as aname, pronounced \pɛtr̩\. pti is at rank #34,701, tagged as anadj.

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 74156, this pair ranks #38,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Petr vs pti

Shared letters: pt. Private to "Petr": er. Private to "pti": i.

"Petr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "pti" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Petreptr · pert · petrr · pettr · ppetr · pter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Petr" and "pti" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Petr" is a name and "pti" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Petr" vs "pti" - which ranks higher?
"pti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,701 in our French list, against #39,455 for "Petr". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Petr" and "pti".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Petr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Petr" and "pti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peep vs Petr". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #38,064 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list