Which to use
“palace” is a noun and “plage” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,886
- “palace” frequency rank
- #24,073
- “plage” frequency rank
- 38959
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | palace | plage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein besonders aufwendig ausgestattetes Gebäude; Palast | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs plagen |
Letter map: palace vs plage
Shared letters muted; letters that set palace and plage apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: palace vs plage
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: palace is anoun and plageaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
palace is recorded at frequency rank #14,886, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. plage is at rank #24,073, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈplaːɡə].
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 38959, this pair ranks #1,550,006 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of palace vs plage
Shared letters: aelp. Private to "palace": c. Private to "plage": g.
"palace" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "plage" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "palace" for "plage" ever safe?
Frequency check: "palace" vs "plage" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "palace" vs "plage" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "palace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,550,006 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "palace" and "plage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plage vs plata". 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 #1,550,006 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.