Which to use
“persona” and “personne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,685
- “persona” frequency rank
- #149
- “personne” frequency rank
- 28834
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | persona | personne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masque porté par les acteurs dans l'Antiquité. | Être humain considéré en tant qu’individu. |
Where the eye mixes persona and personne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. persona runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against personne's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between persona and personne
A purely visual mix-up. persona (\pɛʁ.so.na\) and personne (\pɛʁ.sɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
persona is recorded at frequency rank #28,685, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.so.na\. personne is at rank #149, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɔn\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 28834, this pair ranks #320,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of persona vs personne
Shared letters: enoprs. Private to "persona": a. Private to "personne": -.
"persona" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "personne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "persona" and "personne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "persona" or "personne"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "persona" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "personne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "persona" and "personne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persans vs persona". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #320,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.