personnalisésvspersonnalitésWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#30,737
“personnalisés” frequency rank
#4,010
“personnalités” frequency rank
34747
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature personnalisés personnalités
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe personnaliser. Pluriel de personnalité.

Where the spellings diverge

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

13 ch
personnalisés
13 ch
personnalités

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: personnalisés 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 a single letter - s in “personnalisés” becomes t in “personnalités”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

personnalisés is recorded at frequency rank #30,737, classified as averb, 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 34747, this pair ranks #281,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of personnalisés vs personnalités

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

"personnalisés" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCVC  ·  "personnalités" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVCVC

Frequency comparison

personnalisés#30,737
personnalités#4,010

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "personnalisés" and "personnalités" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "personnalisés" is a verb and "personnalités" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "personnalisés" or "personnalités"?
"personnalités" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,010 in our French list, against #30,737 for "personnalisés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering personnalisés vs personnalités

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “personnalisés”; for a noun, it's “personnalités”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “personnalisés” 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