Which to use
“Personalie” and “Personalien” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,505
- “Personalie” frequency rank
- #22,847
- “Personalien” frequency rank
- 68352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Personalie | Personalien |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | amtliche Angaben zu spezifischen Eigenschaften einer Person | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Personalie |
Where the eye mixes Personalie and Personalien
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. Personalie runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVV) against Personalien's 11 (CVCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Personalie vs Personalien
A purely visual mix-up. Personalie ([pɛʁzoˈnaːli̯ə]) and Personalien ([pɛʁzoˈnaːli̯ən]) 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 extra letter(s) - “Personalie” sits inside “Personalien”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Personalie is recorded at frequency rank #45,505, classified as anoun, pronounced [pɛʁzoˈnaːli̯ə]. Personalien is at rank #22,847, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pɛʁzoˈnaːli̯ən].
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 68352, this pair ranks #510,495 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Personalie vs Personalien
Shared letters: aeilnoprs. Private to "Personalie": -. Private to "Personalien": -.
"Personalie" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV · "Personalien" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Personalie ← eprsonalie · perosnalie · perrsonalie · persnoalie · persoanlie · personaile · personalei · personallie
- Personalien ← eprsonalien · perosnalien · perrsonalien · persnoalien · persoanlien · personailen · personalein · personalienn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Personalie" for "Personalien" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Personalie" or "Personalien" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Personalie" and "Personalien" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Personalie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Personalien" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #510,495 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Personalie" and "Personalien" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Personaler vs Personalie". 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 #510,495 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.