kevsplantsTell them apart

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

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.

2 ch
ke
6 ch
plants

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ke" is a verb and "plants" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ke" vs "plants" - which ranks higher?
"ke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,973 in our German list, against #49,962 for "plants". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list