Which to use
“empire” is a noun and “spaces” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,553
- “empire” frequency rank
- #38,421
- “spaces” frequency rank
- 52974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empire | spaces |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Imperium, Reich | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs space |
Letter map: empire vs spaces
Shared letters muted; letters that set empire and spaces apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. empire (VCCVCV) and spaces (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for empire / spaces
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: empire is anoun and spacesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empire is recorded at frequency rank #14,553, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. spaces is at rank #38,421, 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 52974, this pair ranks #1,075,973 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of empire vs spaces
Shared letters: ep. Private to "empire": imr. Private to "spaces": acs.
"empire" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "spaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "empire" and "spaces" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "empire" or "spaces"?
Useful next steps
Pair "empire" vs "spaces" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "empire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spaces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,075,973 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "empire" and "spaces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs spaces". 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 #1,075,973 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.