1ervsplantsConfusable pair

Quick tell: 1er is a adjective, plants is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“1er” is an adjective and “plants” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,274
“1er” frequency rank
#49,962
“plants” frequency rank
76236
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature 1er plants
Definition dem zweiten vorangehend; 1. Plural des Substantivs plant

Letter map: 1er vs plants

Shared letters muted; letters that set 1er and plants apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

3 ch
1er
6 ch
plants

Grammar separator: 1er vs plants

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: 1er is anadjective and plantsanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

1er is recorded at frequency rank #26,274, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. plants is at rank #49,962, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 76236, this pair ranks #288,677 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of 1er vs plants

Shared letters: none. Private to "1er": er. Private to "plants": alnpst.

"1er" · 2 letters · shape VC  ·  "plants" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • plantslpants · palnts · plannts · plantss · plantts · platns · pllants · plnats

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "1er" and "plants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "1er" is an adjective and "plants" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "1er" or "plants" show up more?
"1er" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,274 in our German list, against #49,962 for "plants". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "1er" vs "plants" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "1er" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "plants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #288,677 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "1er" and "plants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plants vs puzzles". 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 #288,677 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list