personnel au sol

\pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛ.l‿o sɔl\

/\pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛ.l‿o sɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“personnel au sol” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans une compagnie aérienne, personnel non navigant.

Key facts for personnel au sol
PropertyValue
Headwordpersonnel au sol
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛ.l‿o sɔl\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “personnel au sol” sits in French frequency

personnel au sol falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

personnel au sol is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛ.l‿o sɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans une compagnie aérienne, personnel non navigant.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for personnel au sol, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is personnel au sol, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-N-E-L- -A-U- -S-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dans une compagnie aérienne, personnel non navigant.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "personnel au sol"?
"personnel au sol" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-N-E-L- -A-U- -S-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛ.l‿o sɔl\.
What does "personnel au sol" mean?
As a noun, "personnel au sol" means: Dans une compagnie aérienne, personnel non navigant.
How do you pronounce "personnel au sol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "personnel au sol" is \pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛ.l‿o sɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "personnel au sol" come from?
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Using “personnel au sol”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-S-O-N-N-E-L- -A-U- -S-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛ.l‿o sɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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