Which to use
“comments” is a verb and “plants” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,988
- “comments” frequency rank
- #49,962
- “plants” frequency rank
- 80950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comments | plants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs comment | Plural des Substantivs plant |
Letter map: comments vs plants
Shared letters muted; letters that set comments and plants apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: comments vs plants
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comments is averb and plantsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comments is recorded at frequency rank #30,988, classified as averb, 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 80950, this pair ranks #185,348 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of comments vs plants
Shared letters: nst. Private to "comments": cemo. Private to "plants": alp.
"comments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC · "plants" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comments" and "plants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "comments" or "plants" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "comments" vs "plants" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "comments" 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 #185,348 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comments" 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 #185,348 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.