# personality vs personally

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### personality
*noun · IPA /pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/ · frequency rank #2,750*
Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.

### 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/personality-vs-personally