Which to use
“plage” and “plagen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,073
- “plage” frequency rank
- #24,074
- “plagen” frequency rank
- 48147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plage | plagen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs plagen | sich großen Anstrengungen unterziehen |
Where the eye mixes plage and plagen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. plage runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against plagen's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between plage and plagen
A purely visual mix-up. plage ([ˈplaːɡə]) and plagen ([ˈplaːɡn̩]) 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) - “plage” sits inside “plagen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plage is recorded at frequency rank #24,073, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈplaːɡə]. plagen is at rank #24,074, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈplaːɡn̩].
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 48147, this pair ranks #1,259,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plage vs plagen
Shared letters: aeglp. Private to "plage": -. Private to "plagen": n.
"plage" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "plagen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "plage" for "plagen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "plage" vs "plagen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "plage" and "plagen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plagen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,259,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plage" and "plagen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plagen vs Planken". 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 #1,259,098 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.