personificar
[peɾsonifiˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“personificar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #84,222 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #84,222
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Atribuir propiedades humanas a un animal o a algo inanimado.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | personificar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peɾsonifiˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #84,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “personificar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for personificar is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾsonifiˈkaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,222 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for personificar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is personificar, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-I-F-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Atribuir propiedades humanas a un animal o a algo inanimado.
- 2Adjudicar, asociar o representar un acontecimiento, sistema, ideología, punto de vista, etc. a través de una persona o personaje.
- 3Representar a personas determinadas en los discursos, mensajes o escritos.
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 “personificar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-R-S-O-N-I-F-I-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [peɾsonifiˈkaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.