Which to use
“personell” and “personelle” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,445
- “personell” frequency rank
- #20,364
- “personelle” frequency rank
- 47809
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | personell | personelle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das Personal betreffend, auf es bezogen, zu ihm gehörig | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs personell |
Where the eye mixes personell and personelle
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses personell with personelle
A purely visual mix-up. personell ([pɛʁzoˈnɛl]) and personelle ([pɛʁzoˈnɛlə]) 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) - “personell” sits inside “personelle”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
personell is recorded at frequency rank #27,445, classified as anadj, pronounced [pɛʁzoˈnɛl]. personelle is at rank #20,364, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pɛʁzoˈnɛlə].
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 47809, this pair ranks #1,271,189 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of personell vs personelle
Shared letters: elnoprs. Private to "personell": -. Private to "personelle": -.
"personell" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "personelle" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- personell ← eprsonell · perosnell · perrsonell · persnoell · persoenll · personel · personlel · personnell
- personelle ← eprsonelle · perosnelle · perrsonelle · persnoelle · persoenlle · personele · personelel · personlele
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "personell" and "personelle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "personell" vs "personelle" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "personell" and "personelle" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "personell" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "personelle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,271,189 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "personell" and "personelle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Personalie vs personelle". 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 #1,271,189 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.