# per vs PhD

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### per
*preposition · frequency rank #5,775*
por

### PhD
*noun · frequency rank #17,608*
pessoa que possui o título de doutorado; doutor/doutora

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/per-vs-phd