pesvsPGAWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: pes is a verb, PGA is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pes” is a verb and “PGA” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,402
“pes” frequency rank
#37,725
“PGA” frequency rank
81127
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pes PGA
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pesen Professional Golfers Association

Letter map: pes vs PGA

Shared letters muted; letters that set pes and PGA apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. pes (CVC) and PGA (CCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch
pes
3 ch
PGA

Part-of-speech tell for pes / PGA

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pes is averb and PGAanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pes is recorded at frequency rank #43,402, classified as averb, pronounced [peːs]. PGA is at rank #37,725, tagged as anabbrev.

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 81127, this pair ranks #181,751 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pes vs PGA

Shared letters: p. Private to "pes": es. Private to "PGA": ag.

"pes" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "PGA" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pes" and "PGA" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pes" is a verb and "PGA" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "pes" or "PGA" show up more?
"PGA" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,725 in our German list, against #43,402 for "pes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pes" and "PGA".

  • Full dictionary entry for "pes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "PGA" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #181,751 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pes" and "PGA" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pes vs PMS". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #181,751 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