per vs Pol, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“per” is a preposition and “Pol” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,775
“per” frequency rank: #22,125
“Pol” frequency rank: 27900
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	per	Pol
Definition	por	polo

Letter map: per vs Pol

Shared letters muted; letters that set per and Pol apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

per

3 ch

Pol

Grammar separator: per vs Pol

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: per is apreposition and Polanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

per is recorded at frequency rank #5,775, classified as aprep. Pol is at rank #22,125, tagged as anoun, pronounced /poːl/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 27900, this pair ranks #41,012 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of per vs Pol

Shared letters: p. Private to "per": er. Private to "Pol": lo.

"per" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Pol" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "per" and "Pol" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "per" is a preposition and "Pol" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "per" or "Pol" show up more?

"per" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,775 in our Portuguese list, against #22,125 for "Pol". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "per" and "Pol".

Full dictionary entry for "per" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Pol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #41,012 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"per" and "Pol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pix vs Pol". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #41,012 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.