persönlichen
[pɛʁˈzøːnlɪçn̩]
The verdict
“persönlichen” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,214 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,214
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | persönlichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pɛʁˈzøːnlɪçn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #2,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “persönlichen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for persönlichen is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɛʁˈzøːnlɪçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,214 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for persönlichen, with forms such as "eprsönlichen", "perrsönlichen", and "persnölichen". 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, "persönlicher", "persönliches", "persönlich", 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 persönlichen, spelled P-E-R-S-Ö-N-L-I-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 2Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 3Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 4Dativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 5Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 6Dativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 7Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 8Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 9Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 10Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 11Dativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 12Plural Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 13Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 14Dativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 15Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 16Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 17Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 18Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 19Dativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs persönlich
- 20Plural der gemischten Flexion Positiv des Adjektivs persönlich
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eprsönlichen,perrsönlichen,persnölichen,perssönlichen,persölnichen,persönilchen,persönlcihen,persönlicchen,persönlicehn,persönlichenn,persönlichhen,persönlichne,persönlihcen,persönllichen,persönnlichen,perösnlichen,pesrönlichen,ppersönlichen,presönlichen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of persönlichen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "persönlichen"
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.
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Using “persönlichen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-E-R-S-Ö-N-L-I-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɛʁˈzøːnlɪçn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “persönlicher” - see the side-by-side comparison. persönlichen vs persönlicher
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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