Which to use
“pedir” is a verb and “per” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #714
- “pedir” frequency rank
- #5,775
- “per” frequency rank
- 6489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pedir | per |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | solicitar | por |
Letter map: pedir vs per
Shared letters muted; letters that set pedir and per apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for pedir / per
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pedir is averb and perapreposition. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pedir is recorded at frequency rank #714, classified as averb, pronounced /pɨ.ˈdiɾ/. 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 6489, this pair ranks #67,936 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pedir vs per
Shared letters: epr. Private to "pedir": di. Private to "per": -.
"pedir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "per" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pedir ← epdir · pdeir · peddir · pedirr · pedri · peidr · ppedir
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pedir" and "per" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pedir" vs "per" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "pedir" and "per". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pedir" 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 #67,936 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pedir" 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 #67,936 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.