persönlich

/[pɛʁˈzøːnlɪç]/ adj

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,305

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

persönlich is anGermanadj. It means: von einer Person (direkt) stammend Pronounced [pɛʁˈzøːnlɪç]. It ranks #1,305 in German word frequency. Often confused with persönliche and persönlichen.

Key facts for persönlich
PropertyValue
Headwordpersönlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pɛʁˈzøːnlɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,305
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of persönlich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for persönlich is 10 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɛʁˈzøːnlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,305 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for persönlich, with forms such as "eprsönlich", "perrsönlich", and "persnölich". 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.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "persönliche", "persönlichen", "persönlicher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is persönlich, spelled P-E-R-S-Ö-N-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    von einer Person (direkt) stammend
  2. 2
    in eigener Person
  3. 3
    nur die eigene Person betreffend, nicht für Fremde bestimmt
  4. 4
    ein besonderes Merkmal von jemandem kennzeichnend
  5. 5
    auf jemanden direkt bezogen, und nicht auf eine Sache oder einen Inhalt

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprsönlich,perrsönlich,persnölich,perssönlich,persölnich,persönilch,persönlcih,persönlicch,persönlichh,persönlihc,persönllich,persönnlich,perösnlich,pesrönlich,ppersönlich,presönlich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for persönlich

Misspelling Variants of "persönlich"

eprsönlich10perrsönlich11persnölich10perssönlich11persölnich10persönilch10persönlcih10persönlicch11
Misspelling Variants of "persönlich"

Frequency rank: #1,305 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "persönlich"?
"persönlich" is spelled P-E-R-S-Ö-N-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁˈzøːnlɪç].
What does "persönlich" mean?
As an adj, "persönlich" means: von einer Person (direkt) stammend
What words are commonly confused with "persönlich"?
"persönlich" is commonly confused with "persönliche", "persönlichen", "persönlicher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "persönlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "persönlich" is [pɛʁˈzøːnlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "persönlich" come from?
"persönlich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.