Which to use
“ke” is a verb and “plants” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,973
- “ke” frequency rank
- #49,962
- “plants” frequency rank
- 70935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ke | plants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zum Verb kam | Plural des Substantivs plant |
Letter map: ke vs plants
Shared letters muted; letters that set ke and plants apart highlighted. No shared letter run. ke runs 2 letters (CV) against plants's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - ke and plants
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ke is averb and plantsanoun. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ke is recorded at frequency rank #20,973, classified as averb, 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 70935, this pair ranks #431,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ke vs plants
Shared letters: none. Private to "ke": ek. Private to "plants": alnpst.
"ke" · 2 letters · shape CV · "plants" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- plants ← lpants · palnts · plannts · plantss · plantts · platns · pllants · plnats
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ke" and "plants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ke" vs "plants" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ke" and "plants".
- Full dictionary entry for "ke" 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 #431,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ke" 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 #431,484 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.