personage

Name: personage, English Word Data
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/ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/

//ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“personage” is uncommon English (frequency #61,023 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,023
frequency rank, English: 46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person, especially one who is famous or important.

Key facts for personage
Property	Value
Headword	personage
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#61,023
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “personage” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). personage lands here:

#61,023

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

personage is uncommon English at frequency #61,023 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for personage in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age). The correct English form is personage, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-G-E.

Definition

1
A person, especially one who is famous or important.
2
A character (in a film, book, play, etc).
3
The creation of corporate persons named after living people.
4
Character represented; external appearance; persona.

Etymology

From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age).

This word in other languages

personaje(Español)personnage(Français)Persönlichkeit(Deutsch)personalidade(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "personage"?

"personage" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/.

What does "personage" mean?

As a noun, "personage" means: A person, especially one who is famous or important.

How do you pronounce "personage"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "personage" is /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "personage"?

From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “personage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is P-E-R-S-O-N-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.