Which to use
“crow” and “plants” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,863
- “crow” frequency rank
- #49,962
- “plants” frequency rank
- 86825
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crow | plants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vogel; Krähe | Plural des Substantivs plant |
Letter map: crow vs plants
Shared letters muted; letters that set crow and plants apart highlighted. No shared letter run. crow runs 4 letters (CCVC) against plants's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: crow and plants
crow and plants are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86825, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crow is recorded at frequency rank #36,863, classified as anoun, 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 86825, this pair ranks #88,478 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crow vs plants
Shared letters: none. Private to "crow": corw. Private to "plants": alnpst.
"crow" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "plants" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crow" and "plants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "crow" or "plants"?
What to do next
You've compared "crow" and "plants". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "crow" 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 #88,478 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crow" 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 #88,478 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.