ParkvsperWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Park is a noun, per is a preposition, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Park” is a noun and “per” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,276
“Park” frequency rank
#5,775
“per” frequency rank
9051
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Park per
Definition parque por

Letter map: Park vs per

Shared letters muted; letters that set Park and per apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Park
3 ch
per

Part-of-speech tell for Park / per

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Park is anoun and perapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Park is recorded at frequency rank #3,276, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈraːt/. per is at rank #5,775, tagged as aprep.

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 9051, this pair ranks #64,513 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Park vs per

Shared letters: pr. Private to "Park": ak. Private to "per": e.

"Park" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "per" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Parkaprk · pakr · parkk · parrk · ppark · prak

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Park" and "per" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Park" is a noun and "per" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Park" or "per"?
"Park" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,276 in our Portuguese list, against #5,775 for "per". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Park" and "per".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Park" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "per" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,513 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Park" and "per" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "per vs pix". 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 #64,513 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list