hotelsvsplansWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: hotels is a noun, plans is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hotels” is a noun and “plans” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,592
“hotels” frequency rank
#19,673
“plans” frequency rank
23265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hotels plans
Definition Plural des Substantivs hotel 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs plan

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set hotels and plans apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
hotels
5 ch
plans

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hotels is anoun and plansaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hotels is recorded at frequency rank #3,592, classified as anoun, 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 23265, this pair ranks #1,863,523 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hotels vs plans

Shared letters: ls. Private to "hotels": ehot. Private to "plans": anp.

"hotels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "plans" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hotelshhotels · hoetls · hotells · hotelss · hotesl · hotles · hottels · htoels
  • planslpans · palns · planns · planss · plasn · pllans · plnas · pplans

Frequency comparison

hotels#3,592
plans#19,673

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hotels" and "plans" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hotels" is a noun and "plans" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "hotels" or "plans"?
"hotels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,592 in our German list, against #19,673 for "plans". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering hotels vs plans

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “hotels”; for a verb, it's “plans”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “hotels” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list