Which to use
“personnalisée” is an adjective and “personnaliser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,030
- “personnalisée” frequency rank
- #28,686
- “personnaliser” frequency rank
- 50716
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | personnalisée | personnaliser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de personnalisé. | Adapter pour donner un caractère personnel à un objet ou une création. |
Same sound, different letters: personnalisée vs personnaliser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. personnalisée (CVCCVCCVCVCVV) and personnaliser (CVCCVCCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - personnalisée / personnaliser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: personnalisée and personnaliser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɛʁ.sɔ.na.li.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
personnalisée is recorded at frequency rank #22,030, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɔ.na.li.ze\. personnaliser is at rank #28,686, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɔ.na.li.ze\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 50716, this pair ranks #160,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of personnalisée vs personnaliser
Shared letters: aeilnoprs. Private to "personnalisée": é. Private to "personnaliser": -.
"personnalisée" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCVV · "personnaliser" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- personnaliser ← eprsonnaliser · perosnnaliser · perrsonnaliser · persnonaliser · personaliser · personanliser · personnailser · personnaliesr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "personnalisée" and "personnaliser" be used interchangeably?
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After this comparison
"personnalisée" and "personnaliser" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "personnalisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "personnaliser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "personnalisée" and "personnaliser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "personnalisées vs personnaliser". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #160,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.