Which to use
“place” and “places” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,501
- “place” frequency rank
- #43,412
- “places” frequency rank
- 54913
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | place | places |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Platz, Ort, Stelle | Plural des Substantivs place |
Where the eye mixes place and places
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses place with places
A purely visual mix-up. place ([pleɪs]) and places ([ˈpleɪsɪz]) 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 extra letter(s) - “place” sits inside “places”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
place is recorded at frequency rank #11,501, classified as anoun, pronounced [pleɪs]. places is at rank #43,412, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpleɪsɪz].
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 54913, this pair ranks #1,000,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of place vs places
Shared letters: acelp. Private to "place": -. Private to "places": s.
"place" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "places" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "place" and "places" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "place" vs "places" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "place" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "places" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,000,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "place" and "places" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "places vs plants". 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 #1,000,082 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.