persona

Name: persona, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[peɾˈsona]

/[peɾˈsona]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“persona” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#218
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Individuo perteneciente a la especie humana.

Corpus desk

Index ES-persona · persona · Spanish

persona · rank #218 · 10 variants · 18 confusables

FREQ-CORE #218
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH mujer

Nearest frequency peer: mujer (-1 rank slots)

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.

puedo

99,786
buena

99,785
mujer

99,784
persona

99,783
sistema

99,781
casi

99,780

What this shows “persona” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

persona vs pessoa

71% similar

persona vs peruana

71% similar

persona vs personas

88% similar

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

Key facts for persona
Property	Value
Headword	persona
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[peɾˈsona]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#218
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	18
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “persona”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).personacae aquí:

#218

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “mujer” (#217), “buena” (#216), “sistema” (#220). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “persona” va en #218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around persona (IPA [peɾˈsona]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #218 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for persona, with forms such as "eprsona", "perosna", and "perrsona". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is persona, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A.

Definition

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

Synonyms

humano individuo sujeto alma cristiano ser alguien

This word in other languages

person(English)personne(Français)Person(Deutsch)pessoa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eprsona
perosna
perrsona
persnoa
persoan
personna
perssona
pesrona
ppersona
presona

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of persona - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "persona"

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.

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?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sistema#220 tenemos#229 partido#206 estamos#237

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

hombre10 variants nombre10 variants podemos10 variants general10 variants