Personalunion

[pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔuˌni̯oːn]

/[pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔuˌni̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Personalunion” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,385
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vereinigung verschiedener und unabhängiger Ämter oder Funktionen in einer Person

Corpus desk

Index DE-personalunion · Personalunion · German

Personalunion · rank #41,385 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,385
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH permanenter

Nearest frequency peer: permanenter (-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 „Personalunion“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Personalunion
PropertyValue
HeadwordPersonalunion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔuˌni̯oːn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#41,385
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Personalunion“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Personalunionliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „permanenter“ (#41,384), „Performances“ (#41,383), „Pessimismus“ (#41,387). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Personalunion“ bei #41,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around Personalunion (IPA [pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔuˌni̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,385 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Personalunion, with forms such as "eprsonalunion", "perosnalunion", and "perrsonalunion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Personalunion, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-U-N-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vereinigung verschiedener und unabhängiger Ämter oder Funktionen in einer Person
  2. 2
    Vereinigung zweier oder mehrerer unabhängiger Staaten mit einem gemeinsamen Monarchen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Fraktionschef wurde nach der Wahl zusätzlich Innenminister und übt seither diese beiden Ämter in Personalunion aus.
  2. „Die Handstempel wurden von den jeweiligen anglikanischen Inselpastoren, die bis 1952 in Personalunion auch die Funktion des Postmeisters ausübten, verwahrt und verwendet.“

Antonyms

RealunionDoppelhut

This word in other languages

personal union(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprsonalunion
  • perosnalunion
  • perrsonalunion
  • persnoalunion
  • persoanlunion
  • personallunion
  • personalnuion
  • personaluinon
  • personalunino
  • personalunionn
  • personalunnion
  • personalunoin
  • personaulnion
  • personlaunion
  • personnalunion
  • perssonalunion
  • pesronalunion
  • ppersonalunion
  • presonalunion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Personalunion - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eprsonalunion2perosnalunion2perrsonalunion1persnoalunion2persoanlunion2personallunion1personalnuion2personaluinon2
Edit distance from "Personalunion"

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 "Personalunion"?
"Personalunion" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-U-N-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔuˌni̯oːn].
What does "Personalunion" mean?
As a noun, "Personalunion" means: Vereinigung verschiedener und unabhängiger Ämter oder Funktionen in einer Person
What are common misspellings of "Personalunion"?
Common misspellings include "eprsonalunion", "perosnalunion", "perrsonalunion", "persnoalunion", "persoanlunion". The correct spelling is "Personalunion".
How do you pronounce "Personalunion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Personalunion" is [pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔuˌni̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Personalunion" come from?
"Personalunion" 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 "Personalunion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Norddeutscher#41,365Puppenspieler#41,410recherchierte#41,414Medienbericht#41,341

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

Performances19 variantsPflegeeltern19 variantsLebenswandel19 variantsunbeschädigt19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list