personalise

verb

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

The verdict

“personalise” is an uncommon English word, ranked #78,935 in English word frequency and used as a verb.

#78,935
frequency rank, English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of personalize.

Key facts for personalise
PropertyValue
Headwordpersonalise
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,935
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “personalise” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for personalise is 11 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #78,935 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.

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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Using “personalise”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list