pessoal

//pɨ.ˈswaɫ// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#445

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

pessoal is anPortugueseadj. It means: relativo a pessoa Pronounced /pɨ.ˈswaɫ/. It ranks #445 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with pessoa and personal.

Key facts for pessoal
PropertyValue
Headwordpessoal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/pɨ.ˈswaɫ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#445
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pessoal is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨ.ˈswaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #445 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pessoal, with forms such as "epssoal", "pesoal", and "pesosal". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "pessoa", "personal", 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 pessoal, spelled P-E-S-S-O-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo a pessoa
  2. 2
    que é próprio e particular de cada pessoa
  3. 3
    exclusivo de certa pessoa; individual
  4. 4
    diz-se de pronome que representa pessoa gramatical

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epssoal,pesoal,pesosal,pessaol,pessoall,pessola,ppessoal,psesoal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pessoal

Misspelling Variants of "pessoal"

epssoal7pesoal6pesosal7pessaol7pessoall8pessola7ppessoal8psesoal7
Misspelling Variants of "pessoal"

Frequency rank: #445 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pessoal"?
"pessoal" is spelled P-E-S-S-O-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨ.ˈswaɫ/.
What does "pessoal" mean?
As an adj, "pessoal" means: relativo a pessoa
What words are commonly confused with "pessoal"?
"pessoal" is commonly confused with "pessoa", "personal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pessoal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pessoal" is /pɨ.ˈswaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pessoal" come from?
"pessoal" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.