Which to use
“per” is a preposition and “perna” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,775
- “per” frequency rank
- #3,098
- “perna” frequency rank
- 8873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | per | perna |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | por | um dos membros posteriores humanos |
Letter map: per vs perna
Shared letters muted; letters that set per and perna apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for per / perna
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: per is apreposition and pernaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “per” sits inside “perna”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
per is recorded at frequency rank #5,775, classified as aprep. perna is at rank #3,098, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɛrnɜ/.
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 8873, this pair ranks #64,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of per vs perna
Shared letters: epr. Private to "per": -. Private to "perna": an.
"per" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "perna" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- perna ← eprna · penra · peran · pernna · perrna · pperna · prena
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "per" for "perna" ever safe?
Frequency check: "per" vs "perna" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "per" and "perna".
- Full dictionary entry for "per" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perna" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "per" and "perna" 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 #64,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.