his vs pers

his

pron
  • That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun. 

det
  • Belonging to him. 

pers

pron
  • That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun. 

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