Which to use
“personell” and “personellen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,445
- “personell” frequency rank
- #24,458
- “personellen” frequency rank
- 51903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | personell | personellen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das Personal betreffend, auf es bezogen, zu ihm gehörig | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs personell |
Where the eye mixes personell and personellen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. personell runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against personellen's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between personell and personellen
A purely visual mix-up. personell ([pɛʁzoˈnɛl]) and personellen ([pɛʁzoˈnɛlən]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “personell” sits inside “personellen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51903, 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]. personellen is at rank #24,458, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pɛʁzoˈnɛlən].
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 51903, this pair ranks #1,117,599 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of personell vs personellen
Shared letters: elnoprs. Private to "personell": -. Private to "personellen": -.
"personell" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "personellen" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- personell ← eprsonell · perosnell · perrsonell · persnoell · persoenll · personel · personlel · personnell
- personellen ← eprsonellen · perosnellen · perrsonellen · persnoellen · persoenllen · personeleln · personelen · personellenn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "personell" and "personellen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "personell" or "personellen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "personell" and "personellen" 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 "personellen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,117,599 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "personell" and "personellen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Personals vs personell". 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 #1,117,599 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.