Person

/[pɛʁˈzoːn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#445

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Person is aGermannoun. It means: ein Mensch Pronounced [pɛʁˈzoːn]. It ranks #445 in German word frequency. Often confused with prison and persona.

Key facts for Person
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HeadwordPerson
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁˈzoːn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#445
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Person in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Person is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɛʁˈzoːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #445 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Person, with forms such as "eprson", "perosn", and "perrson". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "prison", "persona", "Personen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Person, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Mensch
  2. 2
    ein Rechts- oder Wirtschaftssubjekt
  3. 3
    eine Flexionskategorie des Verbs und Pronomens
  4. 4
    Figur, Darsteller einer Rolle

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprson,perosn,perrson,persno,personn,persson,pesron,pperson,preson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Person

Misspelling Variants of "Person"

eprson6perosn6perrson7persno6personn7persson7pesron6pperson7
Misspelling Variants of "Person"

Frequency rank: #445 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Person"?
"Person" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁˈzoːn].
What does "Person" mean?
As a noun, "Person" means: ein Mensch
What words are commonly confused with "Person"?
"Person" is commonly confused with "prison", "persona", "Personen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Person"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Person" is [pɛʁˈzoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Person" come from?
"Person" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.