Which to use
“Pass” and “plays” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,315
- “Pass” frequency rank
- #18,658
- “plays” frequency rank
- 20973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Pass | plays |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dokument, das für Auslandsreisen erforderlich ist, falls es zwischen dem Heimatland und dem Zielland keine Sondervereinbarungen gibt; Reisepass | Plural des Substantivs play |
Where the eye mixes Pass and plays
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Pass vs plays
A purely visual mix-up. Pass ([pas]) and plays ([pleɪs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Pass is recorded at frequency rank #2,315, classified as anoun, pronounced [pas]. plays is at rank #18,658, 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 20973, this pair ranks #1,891,634 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Pass vs plays
Shared letters: aps. Private to "Pass": -. Private to "plays": ly.
"Pass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "plays" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Pass" and "plays" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Pass" vs "plays" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Pass" and "plays" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Pass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plays" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,891,634 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Pass" and "plays" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plants vs plays". 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 #1,891,634 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.