personal pronoun
"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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | personal pronoun |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “personal pronoun” in English
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
- 1A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following
- 2A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:
- 3A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:
- 4A pronoun which, in English, refers to one or a combination of the following:
- 5Any pronoun, with an antecedent, standing in as the subject or object of a verb.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how personal pronoun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.