Which to use
“pedra” is a noun and “per” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,653
- “pedra” frequency rank
- #5,775
- “per” frequency rank
- 7428
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pedra | per |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | corpo duro e compacto que forma as rochas | por |
Letter map: pedra vs per
Shared letters muted; letters that set pedra and per apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for pedra / per
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pedra is anoun and perapreposition. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pedra is recorded at frequency rank #1,653, classified as anoun. 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 7428, this pair ranks #66,707 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pedra vs per
Shared letters: epr. Private to "pedra": ad. Private to "per": -.
"pedra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "per" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pedra ← epdra · pdera · pedar · peddra · pedrra · ppedra
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pedra" and "per" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pedra" or "per" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "pedra" and "per". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pedra" 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 #66,707 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pedra" 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 #66,707 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.