palacevsplaceWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#14,886
“palace” frequency rank
#11,501
“place” frequency rank
26387
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature palace place
Definition ein besonders aufwendig ausgestattetes Gebäude; Palast Platz, Ort, Stelle

Letter map: palace vs place

Shared letters muted; letters that set palace and place apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
palace
5 ch
place

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

palace and place 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 26387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

palace is recorded at frequency rank #14,886, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. place is at rank #11,501, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pleɪs].

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 26387, this pair ranks #1,818,946 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of palace vs place

Shared letters: acelp. Private to "palace": -. Private to "place": -.

"palace" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "place" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • palaceaplace · paalce · palacce · palaec · palcae · pallace · plaace · ppalace
  • placelpace · palce · placce · plaec · plcae · pllace · pplace

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "palace" and "place" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "palace" or "place"?
"place" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,501 in our German list, against #14,886 for "palace". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "palace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "place" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,818,946 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "palace" and "place" 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list