personnaliséesvspersonnalisésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: personnalisées is a adjective, personnalisés is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“personnalisées” is an adjective and “personnalisés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,667
“personnalisées” frequency rank
#30,737
“personnalisés” frequency rank
65404
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature personnalisées personnalisés
Definition Féminin pluriel de personnalisé. Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe personnaliser.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set personnalisées and personnalisés apart are highlighted. They share 13 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

14 ch
personnalisées
13 ch
personnalisés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: personnalisées and personnalisés 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

personnalisées is recorded at frequency rank #34,667, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɔ.na.li.ze\. personnalisés is at rank #30,737, 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 65404, this pair ranks #72,507 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of personnalisées vs personnalisés

Shared letters: aeilnoprsé. Private to "personnalisées": -. Private to "personnalisés": -.

"personnalisées" · 14 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCVVC  ·  "personnalisés" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCVC

Frequency comparison

personnalisées#34,667
personnalisés#30,737

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "personnalisées" and "personnalisés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "personnalisées" is an adjective and "personnalisés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "personnalisées" or "personnalisés"?
"personnalisés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,737 in our French list, against #34,667 for "personnalisées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering personnalisées vs personnalisés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “personnalisées”; for a verb, it's “personnalisés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “personnalisées” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list