impersonal
[ĩmpeɾsoˈnal]
The verdict
“impersonal” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #41,969 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #41,969
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que no tiene carácter personal, en el sentido de calor humano u originalidad.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impersonal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩmpeɾsoˈnal] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #41,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “impersonal” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for impersonal is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩmpeɾsoˈnal]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,969 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for impersonal, with forms such as "imeprsonal", "immpersonal", and "imperosnal". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is impersonal, spelled I-M-P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Que no tiene carácter personal, en el sentido de calor humano u originalidad.
- 2Que no se aplica a ningún individuo específico.
- 3Se dice del verbo u oración en que no aparece el sujeto, por ser desconocido o no aplicarse a nadie en particular.
- 4Se dice del modo de dirigirse a otros en tercera persona, sin emplear el tratamiento de "tú", "usted", etc.
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imeprsonal,immpersonal,imperosnal,imperrsonal,impersnoal,impersoanl,impersonall,impersonla,impersonnal,imperssonal,impesronal,imppersonal,impresonal,ipmersonal,mipersonal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impersonal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “impersonal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-M-P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩmpeɾsoˈnal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.