personalise

verb

"personalise" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“personalise” is uncommon English (frequency #78,935 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,935
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of personalize.

Corpus desk

Index EN-personalise · personalise · English

personalise · rank #78,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,935
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pentobarbital

Nearest frequency peer: pentobarbital (-2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “personalise”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “personalise” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for personalise
PropertyValue
Headwordpersonalise
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,935
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “personalise” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).personalisefalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “pentobarbital” (#78,933), “photorealistic” (#78,937), “pentameter” (#78,932). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “personalise” is #78,935. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

personalise is uncommon English at frequency #78,935 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of personalize.".

No misspelling variants are generated for personalise in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From personal + -ise. The correct English form is personalise, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of personalize.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The seven hampers for four boys and three girls were personalised to each patient, including overnight hotel stays, colouring books and self care items.

Etymology

From personal + -ise.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "personalise"?
"personalise" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-S-E.
What does "personalise" mean?
As a verb, "personalise" means: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of personalize.
What is the origin of the word "personalise"?
From personal + -ise. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "personalise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list