personages

/ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒɪz/

//ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒɪz// noun

"personages" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“personages” is uncommon English (frequency #62,406 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,406
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of personage

Corpus desk

Index EN-personages · personages · English

personages · rank #62,406 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,406
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH persuasively

Nearest frequency peer: persuasively (+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 “personages”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “personages” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for personages
PropertyValue
Headwordpersonages
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒɪz/
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,406
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “personages” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).personagesfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “persuasively” (#62,407), “Perelman” (#62,404), “peppery” (#62,403). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “personages” is #62,406. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

personages is uncommon English at frequency #62,406 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of personage".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for personages, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is personages, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of personage

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 "personages"?
"personages" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒɪz/.
What does "personages" mean?
As a noun, "personages" means: plural of personage
How do you pronounce "personages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "personages" is /ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒɪz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "personages" come from?
"personages" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list