Which to use
“place” is a noun and “planes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,501
- “place” frequency rank
- #45,514
- “planes” frequency rank
- 57015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | place | planes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Platz, Ort, Stelle | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs plan |
Where the eye mixes place and planes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: place vs planes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: place is [pleɪs] while planes is [ˈplaːnəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57015, 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]. planes is at rank #45,514, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈplaːnəs].
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 57015, this pair ranks #917,823 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of place vs planes
Shared letters: aelp. Private to "place": c. Private to "planes": ns.
"place" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "planes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "place" and "planes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "place" vs "planes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "planes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #917,823 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "place" and "planes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "planes 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 #917,823 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.