personality

/pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/

//pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ// noun

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"personality" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“personality” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,750
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.

Corpus desk

Index EN-personality · personality · English

personality · rank #2,750 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,750
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH panel

Nearest frequency peer: panel (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “personality”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “personality” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

personality vs personally
82% similar
personality vs personalize
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for personality
PropertyValue
Headwordpersonality
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,750
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “personality”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).personalitylands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “panel” (#2,749), “plate” (#2,751), “Pakistan” (#2,748). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “personality” is #2,750. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around personality (IPA /pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,750 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for personality, with forms such as "eprsonality", "perosnality", and "perrsonality". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "personally", "personalize", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin persōnālitās. First attested in the late 14th century. By surface analysis, personal + -ity. The correct English form is personality, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
  2. 2
    Of people, charisma; qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
  3. 3
    Of inanimate or abstract things, a set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
  4. 4
    An assumed role or manner of behavior.
  5. 5
    A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence (e.g. an actor, singer or sports player).
  6. 6
    Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
  7. 7
    That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
  8. 8
    A set of female breasts; a rack; alternatively, (typically in the plural) an individual breast.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The president has a unique personality.
  2. Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.

Etymology

From Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin persōnālitās. First attested in the late 14th century. By surface analysis, personal + -ity.

This word in other languages

personalidad(Español)personnalité(Français)Persönlichkeit(Deutsch)personalidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprsonality
  • perosnality
  • perrsonality
  • persnoality
  • persoanlity
  • personailty
  • personalitty
  • personalityy
  • personaliyt
  • personallity
  • personaltiy
  • personlaity
  • personnality
  • perssonality
  • pesronality
  • ppersonality
  • presonality

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of personality - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eprsonality2perosnality2perrsonality1persnoality2persoanlity2personailty2personalitty1personalityy1
Edit distance from "personality"

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 "personality"?
"personality" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/.
What does "personality" mean?
As a noun, "personality" means: Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
What words are commonly confused with "personality"?
"personality" is commonly confused with "personally", "personalize". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "personality"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "personality" is /pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/. 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 "personality"?
From Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin persōnālitās. First attested in the late 14th century. By surface analysis, personal + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maintenance#2,741legislation#2,740experiences#2,733advertising#2,771

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

perspective17 variantsconstantly17 variantsrepresented17 variantsautomatically17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list