personality
per·son·al·i·ty/ˌpɜɹ.səˈnæ.lə.ti/noun
personality is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y, 5 syllables: per·son·al·i·ty. The wrong spelling people search most is perosnality: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 556 of all searches for the word. Personality is a noun meaning “Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another”. The plural of personality is personalities.
How many letters and syllables are in personality?
| Letters | 11: P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: per·son·al·i·ty |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,725th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, perosnality, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell personality?
Personality is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 560 of the searches for personality in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is personality?
Personality appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,725th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce personality?
- UK /pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/
- UK /-i/
- US /ˌpɜɹ.səˈnæ.lə.ti/
Personality has 5 syllables, split per·son·al·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-personality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with personality?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as personality from its last stressed vowel (/æləti/):
- reality
- sexuality
- hospitality
- neutrality
- immortality
- normality
- abnormality
- commonality
- punctuality
- universality
- centrality
- irrationality
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of personality
- personalities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does personality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
The president has a unique personality.
- 2
Of people, charisma; qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
The best contestant shows most personality.
- 3
Of inanimate or abstract things, a set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
His writing has a lot of personality.
- 4
An assumed role or manner of behavior.
In his final act, the comedian takes on a child's personality.
- 5
A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence (e.g. an actor, singer or sports player).
Johnny Carson was a respected television personality.
- 6
datedSomething said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
indulgence in personalities
- 7
That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
- 8
A set of female breasts; a rack; alternatively, (typically in the plural) an individual breast.
Whoa mama! That gal's got a fine... er, "personality".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Personality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense set of qualities that make a person distinct from other people:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | personnalité |
| German | Persönlichkeit |
| Portuguese | personalidade |
| Spanish | personalidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does personality come from?
From Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin persōnālitās. First attested in the late 14th century. By surface analysis, personal + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).