Person

\pɛʁ.sɔ̃\

/\pɛʁ.sɔ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Person” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,029. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,029
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-person · Person · French

Person · rank #22,029 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,029
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH persistant

Nearest frequency peer: persistant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Person »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Person » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Person vs peso
50% similar
Person vs pesos
50% similar
Person vs piron
50% similar

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

Key facts for Person
PropertyValue
HeadwordPerson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pɛʁ.sɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,029
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Person »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Personse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « persistant » (#22,028), « personnalisée » (#22,030), « percussion » (#22,027). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Person » est au #22,029. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Person (IPA \pɛʁ.sɔ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,029 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Person, with forms such as "eprson", "perosn", and "perrson". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "peso", "pesos", "piron", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 French form is Person, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le retraité et ancien ingénieur-architecte Jean-François Person est élu avec 370 voix.
  2. Le Mariage de Figaro De Beaumarchais et mis en scène par Philippe Person et Florence Le Corre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprson
  • perosn
  • perrson
  • persno
  • personn
  • persson
  • pesron
  • pperson
  • preson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Person - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eprson2perosn2perrson1persno2personn1persson1pesron2pperson1
Edit distance from "Person"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Person"?
"Person" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.sɔ̃\.
What does "Person" mean?
As a proper noun, "Person" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Person"?
"Person" is commonly confused with "peso", "pesos", "piron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Person"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Person" is \pɛʁ.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Person" come from?
"Person" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pastel#22,024pondre#22,035Nikita#22,013murale#22,010

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

nommées9 variantsmouillée9 variantspéages9 variantsmagnum9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list