Personal

[pɛʁzoˈnaːl]

/[pɛʁzoˈnaːl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Personal” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,462
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Belegschaft eines Geschäftes, Unternehmens oder einer Firma

Corpus desk

Index DE-personal · Personal · German

Personal · rank #2,462 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,462
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH ohnehin

Nearest frequency peer: ohnehin (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Personal“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Personal“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Personal vs Personen
75% similar
Personal vs Personals
89% similar
Personal vs personell
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Personal
PropertyValue
HeadwordPersonal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁzoˈnaːl]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,462
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Personal“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Personalliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „ohnehin“ (#2,461), „oberen“ (#2,460), „restaurant“ (#2,464). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Personal“ bei #2,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Personal (IPA [pɛʁzoˈnaːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,462 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Personal, with forms such as "eprsonal", "perosnal", and "perrsonal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Personen", "Personals", "personell", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Personal, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Belegschaft eines Geschäftes, Unternehmens oder einer Firma
  2. 2
    Dienstpersonal oder Hauspersonal

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Personal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In der Firma Anton Steiner wird zur Zeit Personal abgebaut.
  2. Meine Großmutter beklagt, dass das Personal heutzutage nichts mehr tauge.

Synonyms

AngestelltenschaftArbeiterschaftBelegschaftBeschäftigteBetriebsangehörigeMitarbeiterschaftBediensteteDienerschaftDienstpersonalDienstbotenDomestikenGesindeDramatis Personae

This word in other languages

personnel(English)personal(Español)personnel(Français)pessoal(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprsonal
  • perosnal
  • perrsonal
  • persnoal
  • persoanl
  • personall
  • personla
  • personnal
  • perssonal
  • pesronal
  • ppersonal
  • presonal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Personal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eprsonal2perosnal2perrsonal1persnoal2persoanl2personall1personla2personnal1
Edit distance from "Personal"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Personal"?
"Personal" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁzoˈnaːl].
What does "Personal" mean?
As a noun, "Personal" means: Belegschaft eines Geschäftes, Unternehmens oder einer Firma
What words are commonly confused with "Personal"?
"Personal" is commonly confused with "Personen", "Personals", "personell". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Personal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Personal" is [pɛʁzoˈnaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Personal" come from?
"Personal" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Personal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

möchtest#2,459Standort#2,470Hinweise#2,449aufhören#2,483

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Schwanz12 variantsBewohner12 variantsbesitzen12 variantsFahrzeug12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list