personnalisées vs personnalités, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#34,667
“personnalisées” frequency rank: #4,010
“personnalités” frequency rank: 38677
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	personnalisées	personnalités
Definition	Féminin pluriel de personnalisé.	Pluriel de personnalité.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set personnalisées and personnalités apart are highlighted. They share 12 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

14 ch

personnalisées

13 ch

personnalités

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: personnalisées is \pɛʁ.sɔ.na.li.ze\ while personnalités is \pɛʁ.sɔ.na.li.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38677, 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\. personnalités is at rank #4,010, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɛʁ.sɔ.na.li.te\.

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 38677, this pair ranks #253,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of personnalisées vs personnalités

Shared letters: aeilnoprsé. Private to "personnalisées": -. Private to "personnalités": t.

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

Frequency comparison

personnalisées#34,667

personnalités#4,010

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "personnalisées" and "personnalités" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "personnalisées" is an adjective and "personnalités" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "personnalisées" or "personnalités"?

"personnalités" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,010 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 personnalités

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “personnalisées”; for a noun, it's “personnalités”.
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