Personalchef

[pɛʁzoˈnaːlˌʃɛf]

/[pɛʁzoˈnaːlˌʃɛf]/ noun

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The verdict

“Personalchef” is uncommon German (frequency #67,584 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,584
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für Personalfragen zuständiger Vorgesetzter

Corpus desk

Index DE-personalchef · Personalchef · German

Personalchef · rank #67,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,584
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH pensionierte

Nearest frequency peer: pensionierte (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Personalchef“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Personalchef“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Personalchef
PropertyValue
HeadwordPersonalchef
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁzoˈnaːlˌʃɛf]
Letters12
Frequency rank#67,584
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Personalchef“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Personalcheffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „pensionierte“ (#67,583), „peilt“ (#67,582), „Pferdemarkt“ (#67,586). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Personalchef“ bei #67,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Personalchef is uncommon German at frequency #67,584 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁzoˈnaːlˌʃɛf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "für Personalfragen zuständiger Vorgesetzter".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Personalchef, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Personalchef, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-C-H-E-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    für Personalfragen zuständiger Vorgesetzter

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der bisherige Generalsekretär im Betriebsrat soll neuer Personalchef werden und damit Karlheinz Blessing folgen.“

This word in other languages

directeur des ressources humaines(Français)

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 "Personalchef"?
"Personalchef" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-C-H-E-F. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁzoˈnaːlˌʃɛf].
What does "Personalchef" mean?
As a noun, "Personalchef" means: für Personalfragen zuständiger Vorgesetzter
How do you pronounce "Personalchef"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Personalchef" is [pɛʁzoˈnaːlˌʃɛf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Personalchef" come from?
"Personalchef" 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 "Personalchef", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pensionierte#67,583pathologisch#67,581pneumatische#67,596Nüchternheit#67,567

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list