Which to use
“pecar” is a verb and “per” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,725
- “pecar” frequency rank
- #5,775
- “per” frequency rank
- 38500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pecar | per |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cometer pecado | por |
Letter map: pecar vs per
Shared letters muted; letters that set pecar and per apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for pecar / per
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pecar is averb and perapreposition. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pecar is recorded at frequency rank #32,725, classified as averb, pronounced /pɨ.ˈkaɾ/. 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 38500, this pair ranks #27,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pecar vs per
Shared letters: epr. Private to "pecar": ac. Private to "per": -.
"pecar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "per" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pecar ← epcar · pcear · peacr · pecarr · peccar · ppecar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pecar" for "per" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pecar" or "per" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "pecar" vs "per" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "pecar" 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 #27,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pecar" and "per" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pacas vs pecar". 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 #27,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.