geplagtvsgeplantWhich spelling fits?

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

#27,745
“geplagt” frequency rank
#1,696
“geplant” frequency rank
29441
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature geplagt geplant
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Where the eye mixes geplagt and geplant

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. geplagt and geplant follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
geplagt
7 ch
geplant

Visual trap between geplagt and geplant

A purely visual mix-up. geplagt ([ɡəˈplaːkt]) and geplant ([ɡəˈplaːnt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - g in “geplagt” becomes n in “geplant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

geplagt is recorded at frequency rank #27,745, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈplaːkt]. geplant is at rank #1,696, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈplaːnt].

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 29441, this pair ranks #1,766,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of geplagt vs geplant

Shared letters: aeglpt. Private to "geplagt": -. Private to "geplant": n.

"geplagt" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "geplant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geplagtegplagt · gelpagt · gepalgt · geplaggt · geplagtt · geplatg · geplgat · gepllagt
  • geplantegplant · gelpant · gepalnt · geplannt · geplantt · geplatn · gepllant · geplnat

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "geplagt" for "geplant" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ɡəˈplaːkt] versus [ɡəˈplaːnt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "geplagt" or "geplant"?
"geplant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,696 in our German list, against #27,745 for "geplagt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "geplagt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "geplant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,766,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "geplagt" and "geplant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geklagt vs geplagt". 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 #1,766,749 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