personificar

[peɾsonifiˈkaɾ]

/[peɾsonifiˈkaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“personificar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,222 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,222
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atribuir propiedades humanas a un animal o a algo inanimado.

Corpus desk

Index ES-personificar · personificar · Spanish

personificar · rank #84,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,222
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH Persian

Nearest frequency peer: Persian (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “personificar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “personificar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for personificar
PropertyValue
Headwordpersonificar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[peɾsonifiˈkaɾ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#84,222
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “personificar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.personificarcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Persian” (#84,221), “persuadidos” (#84,223), “permanezcamos” (#84,220). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “personificar” va en #84,222. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

personificar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,222 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾsonifiˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Atribuir propiedades humanas a un animal o a algo inanimado.
  2. 2
    Adjudicar, asociar o representar un acontecimiento, sistema, ideología, punto de vista, etc. a través de una persona o personaje.
  3. 3
    Representar a personas determinadas en los discursos, mensajes o escritos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En la frase "el sol sonreía", se personifica al sol.
  2. Hitler personifica el fascismo.

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 "personificar"?
"personificar" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-I-F-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾsonifiˈkaɾ].
What does "personificar" mean?
As a verb, "personificar" means: Atribuir propiedades humanas a un animal o a algo inanimado.
How do you pronounce "personificar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "personificar" is [peɾsonifiˈkaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "personificar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list