mal- vs per-

mal-

prefix
  • unintentional, mistaken, accidental 

  • incorrect 

  • incomplete, unfinished 

  • unpleasant 

  • poorly, deficiently 

  • not 

  • unhealthy, harmful 

  • evil 

per-

prefix
  • In verbs: denoting the sense "thoroughly", as in perfect. 

  • In verbs: denoting the sense "through", as in perforate. 

  • In verbs: denoting the sense "to destruction", as in pervert. 

  • In adjectives and adverbs: denoting the sense "extremely", as in perfervid. 

  • Forming nouns and adjectives denoting the maximum proportion of one element in a compound, as in peroxide. 

  • Denoting the sense "by" or "per", as in perchance or perhaps. 

  • Added to the name of an element in a polyatomic ion to denote the number of atoms of that element (usually four). 

How often have the words mal- and per- occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )