persona

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The verdict

“persona” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,569
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Person, der Mensch

Corpus desk

Index DE-persona · persona · German

persona · rank #26,569 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,569
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH phantastische

Nearest frequency peer: phantastische (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „persona“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „persona“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

persona vs Personen
63% similar
persona vs Personal
75% similar
persona vs Personals
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for persona
PropertyValue
Headwordpersona
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,569
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „persona“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).personaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „phantastische“ (#26,570), „pausieren“ (#26,567), „pierce“ (#26,571). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „persona“ bei #26,569. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around persona (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,569 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for persona, with forms such as "eprsona", "perosna", and "perrsona". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Personen", "Personal", "Personals", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is persona, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Person, der Mensch
  2. 2
    die Leute

This word in other languages

person(English)persona(Español)personne(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprsona
  • perosna
  • perrsona
  • persnoa
  • persoan
  • personna
  • perssona
  • pesrona
  • ppersona
  • presona

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of persona - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eprsona2perosna2perrsona1persnoa2persoan2personna1perssona1pesrona2
Edit distance from "persona"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "persona", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Nikotin#26,550nackter#26,540Monolog#26,533Sirenen#26,613

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Reederei10 variantsmarkets10 variantslästige10 variantsThurgau10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list