Correct spelling, explanation: personnel is a word of French origin, and as such, it stayed the same as it was in its original language. What you can make out of it, is definitely the word person, and the -nel part was taken from the word materiel. It is kind of similar in English, where the -el suffix is sometimes used to present the object of some action. In this case, you have to remember the French roots of personnel.
Definition of personnel:
noun
1. the staff, people employed in an organization
I hated my stay in the hospital, but the personnel – especially the nurses – were very nice.
If you have any problems with the services, please report them to the personnel so they can help.
Incorrect spelling, explanation: personnal is an incorrect word, and, to be fair, it looks more connected to the adjective personal than to the noun personnel which is its correct spelling. Personnel is a word of French origin, hence the unusual spelling, but these roots are important to remember when you struggle to remember how to write it!
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Very efficiently shown words. It’ll be helpful to anybody who employees them, including yours truly :). Keep doing what you are doing – can’t wait to read more English word definitions.