palacevspeaceConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#14,886
“palace” frequency rank
#15,716
“peace” frequency rank
30602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature palace peace
Definition ein besonders aufwendig ausgestattetes Gebäude; Palast Friede, Frieden

Letter map: palace vs peace

Shared letters muted; letters that set palace and peace apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
palace
5 ch
peace

Pair insight - palace / peace

palace and peace are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

palace is recorded at frequency rank #14,886, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. peace is at rank #15,716, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pʰiːs].

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 30602, this pair ranks #1,744,611 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of palace vs peace

Shared letters: acep. Private to "palace": l. Private to "peace": -.

"palace" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "peace" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • palaceaplace · paalce · palacce · palaec · palcae · pallace · plaace · ppalace
  • peaceepace · paece · peacce · peaec · pecae · ppeace

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "palace" for "peace" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "palace" vs "peace" - which ranks higher?
"palace" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,886 in our German list, against #15,716 for "peace". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "palace" and "peace". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "palace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "peace" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,744,611 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "palace" and "peace" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palace 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 #1,744,611 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