personae
/ˌpɜː(ɹ)ˈsəʊnai/
"personae" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“personae” is uncommon English (frequency #73,519 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,519
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of persona (alternative spelling of personæ).
Corpus desk
Index EN-personae · personae · English
personae · rank #73,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,519
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH penna
Nearest frequency peer: penna (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “personae”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- paperboard
paperboard
26,487 corpus weight
- patristic
patristic
26,486 corpus weight
- penicillium
penicillium
26,484 corpus weight
- penna
penna
26,483 corpus weight
- personae
personae
26,482 corpus weight
- Petry
Petry
26,479 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “personae” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | personae |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpɜː(ɹ)ˈsəʊnai/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “personae” in English
Rare enough to double-check
personae is uncommon English at frequency #73,519 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpɜː(ɹ)ˈsəʊnai/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of persona (alternative spelling of personæ).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for personae, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is personae, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-E.
Definition
- 1plural of persona (alternative spelling of personæ).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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