person

//ˈpøːsən// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,105

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

person is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pessoa Pronounced /ˈpøːsən/. Often confused with perto and pessoa.

Key facts for person
PropertyValue
Headwordperson
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpøːsən/
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,105
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of person in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for person is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpøːsən/. Corpus data places it at rank #24,105 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pessoa".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for person, with forms such as "eprson", "perosn", and "perrson". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "perto", "pessoa", "prison", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is person, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprson,perosn,perrson,persno,personn,persson,pesron,pperson,preson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for person

Misspelling Variants of "person"

eprson6perosn6perrson7persno6personn7persson7pesron6pperson7
Misspelling Variants of "person"

Frequency rank: #24,105 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "person"?
"person" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpøːsən/.
What does "person" mean?
As a noun, "person" means: pessoa
What words are commonly confused with "person"?
"person" is commonly confused with "perto", "pessoa", "prison". 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 /ˈpøːsən/. 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 Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.