personal

noun

The verdict

“personal” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #10,938 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#10,938
frequency rank, Portuguese
8
letters
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - treinador físico pessoal

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

personal vs pessoal
75% similar
personal vs person
75% similar

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

Key facts for personal
PropertyValue
Headwordpersonal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,938
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “personal” sits in Portuguese 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). personal 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 Portuguese entry for personal is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #10,938 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "treinador físico pessoal".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for personal, with forms such as "eprsonal", "perosnal", and "perrsonal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pessoal", "person", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is personal, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    treinador físico pessoal

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprsonal,perosnal,perrsonal,persnoal,persoanl,personall,personla,personnal,perssonal,pesronal,ppersonal,presonal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of personal - 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.

eprsonal2perosnal2perrsonal1persnoal2persoanl2personall1personla2personnal1
Edit distance from "personal"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "personal"?
"personal" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L.
What does "personal" mean?
As a noun, "personal" means: treinador físico pessoal
What words are commonly confused with "personal"?
"personal" is commonly confused with "pessoal", "person". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "personal" come from?
"personal" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Using “personal”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “pessoal” - see the side-by-side comparison. personal vs pessoal
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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