persona

/[peɾˈsona]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#218

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

persona is aSpanishnoun. It means: Individuo perteneciente a la especie humana. Pronounced [peɾˈsona]. It ranks #218 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pessoa and peruana.

Key facts for persona
PropertyValue
Headwordpersona
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peɾˈsona]
Letters7
Frequency rank#218
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of persona in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for persona is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾˈsona]. Corpus data places it at rank #218 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for persona, with forms such as "eprsona", "perosna", and "perrsona". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "pessoa", "peruana", "personas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is persona, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Individuo perteneciente a la especie humana.
  2. 2
    Individuo indeterminado o no identificado en el discurso.
  3. 3
    Uno de los accidentes gramaticales que determinan la flexión de verbos y pronombres, según el sujeto que habla.
  4. 4
    Cualquier animal que presente sentimientos y por tanto pueda tener personalidad.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprsona,perosna,perrsona,persnoa,persoan,personna,perssona,pesrona,ppersona,presona

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for persona

Misspelling Variants of "persona"

eprsona7perosna7perrsona8persnoa7persoan7personna8perssona8pesrona7
Misspelling Variants of "persona"

Frequency rank: #218 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "persona"?
"persona" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾˈsona].
What does "persona" mean?
As a noun, "persona" means: Individuo perteneciente a la especie humana.
What words are commonly confused with "persona"?
"persona" is commonly confused with "pessoa", "peruana", "personas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "persona"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "persona" is [peɾˈsona]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "persona" come from?
"persona" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.