# personal vs personally

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### personal
*adjective · IPA /ˈpɜː.sə.nəl/ · frequency rank #640*
Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).

### personally
*adverb · IPA /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.li/ · frequency rank #2,638*
In a personal manner.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/personal-vs-personally