personal pronoun

noun

"personal-pronoun" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“personal pronoun” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following

Corpus desk

Index EN-personal-pronoun · personal pronoun · English

personal pronoun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for personal pronoun
PropertyValue
Headwordpersonal pronoun
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “personal pronoun” in English

personal pronounfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

personal pronoun is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for personal pronoun, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is personal pronoun, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L- -P-R-O-N-O-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following
  2. 2
    A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:
  3. 3
    A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:
  4. 4
    A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:
  5. 5
    Any pronoun, with an antecedent, standing in as the subject or object of a verb.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how personal pronoun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mondays come with questions of couples Where and with whom did you go? Avoiding the personal pronoun She hopes it doesn't show Shopping with her lover in the city Two women holding hands don't get a stare If the kids at school knew what they do Would they hate her? Why should they care?

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "personal pronoun"?
"personal pronoun" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L- -P-R-O-N-O-U-N.
What does "personal pronoun" mean?
As a noun, "personal pronoun" means: A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following
What language does "personal pronoun" come from?
"personal pronoun" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list