personavsPersonalsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“persona” and “Personals” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,569
“persona” frequency rank
#21,385
“Personals” frequency rank
47954
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature persona Personals
Definition die Person, der Mensch Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Personal

Letter map: persona vs Personals

Shared letters muted; letters that set persona and Personals apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

7 ch
persona
9 ch
Personals

Spelling & dictionary notes on persona vs Personals

persona and Personals are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “persona” sits inside “Personals”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

persona is recorded at frequency rank #26,569, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Personals is at rank #21,385, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pɛʁzoˈnaːls].

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 47954, this pair ranks #1,266,012 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of persona vs Personals

Shared letters: aenoprs. Private to "persona": -. Private to "Personals": l.

"persona" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "Personals" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • personaeprsona · perosna · perrsona · persnoa · persoan · personna · perssona · pesrona
  • Personalseprsonals · perosnals · perrsonals · persnoals · persoanls · personalls · personalss · personasl

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "persona" for "Personals" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “persona” sits inside “Personals”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "persona" vs "Personals" - which ranks higher?
"Personals" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,385 in our German list, against #26,569 for "persona". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "persona" and "Personals".

  • Full dictionary entry for "persona" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Personals" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,266,012 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "persona" and "Personals" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persona vs puzzles". 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 #1,266,012 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list