editedvsplansConfusable pair

Which to use

“edited” and “plans” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,895
“edited” frequency rank
#19,673
“plans” frequency rank
56568
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature edited plans
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs edit 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs plan

Letter map: edited vs plans

Shared letters muted; letters that set edited and plans apart highlighted. No shared letter run. edited runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against plans's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
edited
5 ch
plans

Spelling & dictionary notes on edited vs plans

edited and plans 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56568, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edited is recorded at frequency rank #36,895, classified as averb, pronounced […]. plans is at rank #19,673, tagged as averb, 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 56568, this pair ranks #935,237 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of edited vs plans

Shared letters: none. Private to "edited": deit. Private to "plans": alnps.

"edited" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "plans" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • editeddeited · eddited · edietd · editde · editedd · editted · edtied · eidted
  • planslpans · palns · planns · planss · plasn · pllans · plnas · pplans

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "edited" and "plans" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "edited" vs "plans" - which ranks higher?
"plans" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,673 in our German list, against #36,895 for "edited". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "edited" and "plans".

  • Full dictionary entry for "edited" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "plans" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #935,237 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "edited" and "plans" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edited 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 #935,237 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