persona
per·so·na/pɝˈsoʊnə/noun
persona is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables (per·so·na). It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, persona means “A social role” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of persona is personas or personae.
How many letters and syllables are in persona?
| Letters | 7: P-E-R-S-O-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: per·so·na |
| In writing | 4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is persona?
Persona appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce persona?
- US /pɝˈsoʊnə/
- UK /pɜːˈsəʊnə/
- UK /pəˈsəʊnə/
Persona has 3 syllables, split per·so·na in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-persona.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with persona?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as persona from its last stressed vowel (/oʊnə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of persona
- personas plural
- personae plural
- personæ plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does persona mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A social role.
I've maintained a very public persona.
- 2
A character played by an actor.
- 3
The mask or appearance one presents to the world.
He keeps his online persona completely separate from his real-world one.
- 4
An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Persona in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rôle social m casquette , personnage , persona |
| Portuguese | personagem , perfil |
| German | Persona |
| Spanish | identidad alterna |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does persona come from?
Borrowed from Latin persōna (“mask; character”), of uncertain origin. Suggested to be from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask; masked individual; actor”), which could be a loan from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face; appearance; mask used in ancient theatre to denote a character or, more generally, a social role”). Doublet of person and parson.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).