Which to use
“paste” and “Platte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,065
- “paste” frequency rank
- #4,638
- “Platte” frequency rank
- 28703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paste | Platte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paste | relativ dünner, flacher und ebener fester Gegenstand, der überall gleich dick ist |
Letter map: paste vs Platte
Shared letters muted; letters that set paste and Platte apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Corpus notes: paste and Platte
paste and Platte 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 28703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paste is recorded at frequency rank #24,065, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Platte is at rank #4,638, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈplatə].
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 28703, this pair ranks #1,780,065 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of paste vs Platte
Shared letters: aept. Private to "paste": s. Private to "Platte": l.
"paste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Platte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "paste" and "Platte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "paste" or "Platte"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "paste" and "Platte".
- Full dictionary entry for "paste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Platte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,780,065 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paste" and "Platte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paste 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 #1,780,065 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.