personnage

\pɛʁ.sɔ.naʒ\

/\pɛʁ.sɔ.naʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“personnage” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,490 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#1,490
frequency rank, French
10
letters
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne ; avec une certaine idée de grandeur, d’autorité, d’importance sociale.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

personnage vs personne
80% similar
personnage vs personnages
91% similar

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

Key facts for personnage
PropertyValue
Headwordpersonnage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.sɔ.naʒ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,490
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “personnage” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). personnage lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for personnage is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁ.sɔ.naʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,490 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for personnage, with forms such as "eprsonnage", "perosnnage", and "perrsonnage". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "personne", "personnages", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is personnage, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne ; avec une certaine idée de grandeur, d’autorité, d’importance sociale.
  2. 2
    Personne mise en action dans un ouvrage dramatique, d’après les légendes dont le théâtre est issu ; en ce sens, il s’applique aux femmes comme aux hommes.
  3. 3
    Ces mêmes personnes, par rapport aux comédiens qui les représentent.
  4. 4
    Personne fictive qui figure dans un ouvrage narratif, tel un conte, une nouvelle ou un roman.
  5. 5
    Manière dont on se conduit.
  6. 6
    Figure d’une composition.
  7. 7
    Personne dont le sujet de dénigrement est alors qualifié par une épithète.

Synonyms

emploihérosrôle

This word in other languages

personality(English)figura(Español)Persönlichkeit(Deutsch)personagem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprsonnage,perosnnage,perrsonnage,persnonage,personage,personange,personnaeg,personnagge,personngae,perssonnage,pesronnage,ppersonnage,presonnage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of personnage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eprsonnage2perosnnage2perrsonnage1persnonage2personage1personange2personnaeg2personnagge1
Edit distance from "personnage"

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 "personnage"?
"personnage" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.sɔ.naʒ\.
What does "personnage" mean?
As a noun, "personnage" means: Personne ; avec une certaine idée de grandeur, d’autorité, d’importance sociale.
What words are commonly confused with "personnage"?
"personnage" is commonly confused with "personne", "personnages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "personnage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "personnage" is \pɛʁ.sɔ.naʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "personnage" come from?
"personnage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “personnage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-S-O-N-N-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pɛʁ.sɔ.naʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “personne” - see the side-by-side comparison. personnage vs personne
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list