# impersonal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪmˈpɝsənəl/ · frequency rank #32,039

## Definitions
1. Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
2. Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
3. Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.

## Etymology
From French impersonnel, from Latin impersōnālis, from im- (“not”) + persōnālis (“personal”), equivalent to im- + personal.

## Easily confused with
- **impersonate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/impersonal-vs-impersonate)

## Common misspellings (15)
`imeprsonal`, `immpersonal`, `imperosnal`, `imperrsonal`, `impersnoal`, `impersoanl`, `impersonall`, `impersonla`, `impersonnal`, `imperssonal`, `impesronal`, `imppersonal`, `impresonal`, `ipmersonal`, `mipersonal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/impersonal